List of American Civil War generals (Union)

Union generals

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The following list shows the names of substantive, full grade general officers (Regular U.S. Army or U.S. Volunteers) effectively appointed, nominated, confirmed and commissioned (by signed and sealed document) who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.^[1] Many commissions were antedated. Dates of rank were assigned for seniority purposes. Because of this, such "ranks" could be dated before the actual appointment, leading to confusion in some sources as to the actual effective date of the commission.^[2] This list currently shows the date of rank as the date of the promotion rather than the date of commission.

Officers receiving only brevet general appointments should be on the List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union) and not on this list. Brevet appointments went through the same process of appointment, nomination, confirmation and commission as the substantive grade officers.^[3] If a full grade brigadier general received a later brevet major general appointment, that appointment also may be placed in the notes on this list.

All but 58 brevet general appointments were made postwar but, just as many regular substantive grade appointments were backdated, many of the brevet grade appointments were backdated, mostly "to rank from" March 13, 1865.^[4] President Abraham Lincoln signed only 58 brevet general commissions before his death on April 15, 1865.^[4] Eicher notes that the odd order of grade (commission) date and rank date is especially present for brevet appointments which were actually issued mostly in 1866 to as late as 1869.^[2] Eicher also notes that most brevet appointments were backdated to March 13, 1865.^[3]

In addition to their names and grades, there is a small set of notes after every entry which may list Medal of Honor or Thanks of Congress citations, West Point graduation dates, important political or Army offices held, retirements or deaths during the war (whether in action or other means) and other unique facts pertaining to this article (i.e. youngest general, last surviving general, etc.). For all other information on their lives and accomplishments of these generals, please refer to their individual articles which have links from the list.

Note on abbreviations:

MOH: Medal of Honor
CSA: Confederate States Army
DOW: Died of wounds
GAR: Grand Army of the Republic
KIA: Killed in action
MOLLUS: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
USA: United States Army (Regular Army) (appointment or brevet)
USMA: United States Military Academy
USN: United States Navy
USV: United States Volunteers (appointment or brevet)
VRC: Veteran Reserve Corps officer

A

Name	Substantive rank	Brevet rank	Notes
Abercrombie, John Joseph	Colonel, USA (February 25, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (August 31, 1861)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1822 Resigned June 24, 1865
Allen, Robert	Colonel, USA (February 19, 1862) Brigadier general, USV (May 23, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1836
Alvord, Benjamin	Major, USA (June 22, 1854) Brigadier general, USV (April 15, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (April 9, 1865)	USMA, 1833
Ames, Adelbert	Captain, USA (June 11, 1864) Brigadier general, USV (May 20, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (January 15, 1865)	USMA, 1861 MOH, First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861) Provisional Governor Mississippi (1868–1869) U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1870–1874) Governor of Mississippi (1875) Last surviving Union General of U.S. Regular Army, d. April 13, 1933 Son-in-law of Benjamin Franklin Butler
Ammen, Jacob	Brigadier general, USV (July 16, 1862)		USMA, 1831 Resigned January 14, 1865
Anderson, Robert	Brigadier general, USA (May 15, 1861)	Major general, USA (February 3, 1865)	USMA, 1825 Retired October 27, 1863
Andrews, Christopher Columbus	Brigadier general, USV (January 5, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 9, 1865)
Andrews, George Leonard	Brigadier general, USV (November 10, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 26, 1865)	USMA, 1851 Resigned, 1855
Arnold, Lewis Golding	Lieutenant colonel, USA (August 1, 1863) Brigadier general, USV (January 24, 1862)		USMA, 1837 Retired February 8, 1864
Arnold, Richard	Captain, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (August 22, 1865)	USMA, 1850
Asboth, Alexander Sandor	Brigadier general, USV (March 21, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Appointed brigadier general, USV (September 3, 1861) by John Charles Frémont who lacked the authority to make such an appointment United States Minister to Argentina and Uruguay (1866–1868)
Augur, Christopher Columbus	Lieutenant colonel, USA (July 1, 1863) Major general, USV (August 9, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1843
Averell, William Woods	Captain, USA (July 17, 1862) Brigadier general, USV (September 26, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (August 7, 1864)	USMA, 1855
Ayres, Romeyn Beck	Captain, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (August 1, 1864)	USMA, 1847

B

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Bailey, Joseph	Brigadier general, USV (November 10, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Received the Thanks of Congress (June 4, 1864)
Baird, Absalom	Major, USA (November 12, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (September 1, 1864)	USMA, 1849 MOH, Battle of Jonesborough (September 1, 1864)
Baker, Edward Dickinson	Brig. Gen., USV (May 17, 1861)		KIA, Battle of Ball's Bluff (October 21, 1861) Declined appointment as brigadier general, USV, nevertheless confirmed Nominated to major general, USV posthumously but not confirmed.^[5] U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1845–1846, 1849–1851) U.S. Senator from Oregon (1860–1861)
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss	Major general, USV (May 16, 1861)		Received the Thanks of Congress (January 28, 1864) U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (1853–1857, 1865–1873, 1875–1879, 1889–1891) Speaker of the House (1856–1857) Governor of Massachusetts (1858–1861)
Barlow, Francis Channing	Major general, USV (May 25, 1865)
Barnard, John Gross	Colonel, USA (December 28, 1865) Brigadier general, USV (September 23, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (July 4, 1864)	USMA, 1833 Superintendent, USMA (1855–1856)
Barnes, James	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Barnes, Joseph K., M.D.	Brigadier general, USA (August 22, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	Surgeon General (1864–1882) Surgeon at the deathbeds of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and James Abram Garfield
Barnum, Henry Alanson	Brigadier general, USV (May 31, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	MOH, Battle of Lookout Mountain (November 24, 1863)
Barry, William Farquhar	Colonel, USA (December 11, 1865) Brigadier general, USV (August 20, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (September 1, 1864)	USMA, 1838
Bartlett, Joseph Jackson	Brigadier general, USV (March 30, 1863)	Major general, USV (August 1, 1864)	Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (October 4, 1862) expired March 4, 1863 U.S. minister to Sweden and Norway (1867–1869)
Bartlett, William Francis	Brigadier general, USV (June 20, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Baxter, Henry	Brigadier general, USV (March 12, 1863)	Major general, USV (April 1, 1865)	U.S. minister to Honduras (1869–1873)
Bayard, George Dashiell	Captain, USA (August 20, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)		USMA, 1856 DOW, Battle of Fredericksburg (w. December 13, 1862, d. December 14, 1862)
Beal, George Lafayette	Brigadier general, USV (November 30, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Beatty, John	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1868–1873)
Beatty, Samuel	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1863)
Belknap, William Worth	Brigadier general, USV (July 30, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Secretary of War (1869–1876)
Benham, Henry Washington	Major (August 6, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (August 13, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1837
Benton, William Plummer	Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 26, 1865)
Berry, Hiram Gregory	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		KIA, Battle of Chancellorsville (May 3, 1863)
Bidwell, Daniel Davidson	Brigadier general, USV (August 11, 1864)		KIA, Battle of Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
Birge, Henry Warner	Brigadier general, USV (September 19, 1863)	Major general, USV (February 25, 1865)
Birney, David Bell	Major general, USV (May 20, 1863)		Died of illness, October 18, 1864 Brother of William Birney
Birney, William	Brigadier general, USV (May 22, 1863)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Brother of David Bell Birney
Blair, Francis Preston Jr.	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Declined appointment as brigadier general, USV (August 7, 1861) U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1857–1859, 1861–1862, 1863–1864) U.S. Senator from Missouri (1871–1873) Brother of Postmaster General Montgomery Blair
Blenker, Louis (b. Blenker, Ludwig)	Brigadier general, USV (August 9, 1861)		Mustered out March 31, 1863
Blunt, James Gillpatrick	Major general, USV (March 16, 1863)
Bohlen, Henry	Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)		KIA in reconnaissance over the Rappahannock River, Virginia (August 22. 1862)
Bowen, James	Brigadier general, USV (October 11, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned July 27, 1864
Boyle, Jeremiah Tilford	Brigadier general, USV (November 9, 1861)		Resigned January 26, 1864
Bradley, Luther Prentice	Brigadier general, USV (June 30, 1864)
Bragg, Edward Stuyvesant	Brigadier general, USV (June 25, 1864)		U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin (1877–1883, 1885–1887) U.S. minister to Mexico
Brannan, John Milton	Major, USA (August 1, 1863) Brigadier general, USV (September 28, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (January 23, 1865)	USMA, 1841
Brayman, Mason	Brigadier general, USV (September 24, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Territorial Governor of Idaho (1876–1880)
Briggs, Henry Shaw	Brigadier general, USV (July 17, 1862)
Brisbin, James Sanks	Captain, USA (August 5, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (May 1, 1865)	Colonel, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Brooke, John Rutter	Brigadier general, USV (May 12, 1864)	Major general, USV (August 1, 1864)	Military Governor of Puerto Rico (1898) Military Governor of Cuba (1899) Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1905–1907)
Brooks, William Thomas Harbaugh	Major, USA (March 12, 1862) Brigadier general, USV (September 28, 1861)		USMA, 1841 Appointment as major general, USV (June 10, 1863) revoked April 6, 1864 Resigned June 14, 1864
Brown, Egbert Benson	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)
Buchanan, Robert Christie	Colonel, USA (February 8, 1864) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862) temporary appt. expired	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1830 Temporary volunteer brig. gen. appointment expired March 4, 1863 Nephew of First Lady Louisa Adams (Wife of President John Quincy Adams)
Buckingham, Catharinus Putnam	Brigadier general, USV (July 16, 1862)		USMA, 1829 Resigned February 11, 1863
Buckland, Ralph Pomeroy	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned January 6, 1865 U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1865–1869)
Buell, Don Carlos	Colonel, USA (July 17, 1862) Major general, USV (March 21, 1862)		USMA, 1841 Mustered out of volunteer service May 28, 1864 Resigned June 1, 1864
Buford, John	Captain, USA (November 12, 1861) Major general, USV (July 1, 1863)		USMA, 1848 Died of illness December 16, 1863 Half-brother of Napoleon Bonaparte Buford
Buford, Napoleon Bonaparte	Brigadier general, USV (April 15, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1827 Appointment as major general, USV (November 29, 1862) expired March 4, 1863 Half-brother of John Buford
Burbridge, Stephen Gano	Brigadier general, USV (June 9, 1862)	Major general, USV (July 4, 1864)
Burnham, Hiram	Brigadier general, USV (April 26, 1864)		KIA, Battle of Chaffin's Farm (September 29, 1864)
Burns, William Wallace	Major, USA (August 3, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (September 28, 1861)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1847 Resigned volunteer commission March 20, 1863
Burnside, Ambrose Everett	Major general, USV (March 18, 1862)		USMA, 1847 Received the Thanks of Congress (January 28, 1864) Resigned April 15, 1865 Governor of Rhode Island (1866–1869) Commander-in-chief, GAR (1871–1873) U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (1875–1881)
Bussey, Cyrus	Brigadier general, USV (January 5, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Busteed, Richard	Brigadier general, USV (August 7, 1862)		Appointment expired March 4, 1863
Butler, Benjamin Franklin	Major general, USV (May 16, 1863)		U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (1867–1875, 1877–1879) Governor of Massachusetts (1883–1884) Father-in-law of Adelbert Ames
Butterfield, Daniel	Colonel, USA (July 1, 1863) Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	MOH, Battle of Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862)

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Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Cadwalader, George	Major general, USV (April 25, 1862)		Resigned July 6, 1865 First commander-in-chief of MOLLUS (1865–1879)
Caldwell, John Curtis	Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)	Major general, USV (August 19, 1865)	U.S. minister to Uruguay and Paraguay (1874–1882)
Cameron, Robert Alexander	Brigadier general, USV (August 11, 1863)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Campbell, Charles Thomas	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1863)		Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
Campbell, William Bowen	Brigadier general, USV (June 30, 1862)		Resigned January 26, 1863 U.S. Congressman from Tennessee (1847–1853) Governor of Tennessee (1851–1853)
Canby, Edward Richard Sprigg	Colonel, USA (May 14, 1861) Major general, USV (May 7, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1839 Brother-in-law of John Parker Hawkins
Carleton, James Henry	Major, USA Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Carlin, William Passmore	Major, USA (February 8, 1864) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 19, 1865)	USMA, 1850
Carr, Eugene Asa	Major, USA (July 17, 1862) Brigadier general, USV (March 7, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 11, 1865)	USMA, 1850 MOH, Battle of Pea Ridge (March 7, 1862)
Carr, Joseph Bradford	Brigadier general, USV (March 30, 1863)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 7, 1862) expired March 4, 1863; second appointment (March 30, 1863) expired March 30, 1864; finally confirmed June 30, 1864
Carrington, Henry Beebee	Colonel, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)
Carroll, Samuel Sprigg	Captain, USA (November 1, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (May 12, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1856
Carter, Samuel Powhatan	Commander, USN (June 25, 1865) Brigadier general, USV (May 1, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	U.S. Naval Academy, 1846 Only officer ever to hold flag rank in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy (appointed Rear Admiral May 16, 1882)
Casey, Silas	Colonel, USA (October 9, 1861) Major general, USV (May 31, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1826
Catterson, Robert Francis, M.D.	Brigadier general, USV (May 31, 1865)
Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (b. Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain)	Brigadier general, USV (June 19, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 29, 1865)	MOH, Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863) Detailed to receive surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia (April 12, 1865) Governor of Maine (1866–1870) One of only two general officers ever promoted on the field by General Grant
Chambers, Alexander	Captain, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (August 11, 1863)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1853 Volunteer appointment cancelled by the Senate April 6, 1864, ostensibly because Chambers was not a legal resident of Iowa
Champlin, Stephen Gardner	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Resigned November 8, 1863 DOW, Battle of Seven Pines (w. May 31, 1862, d. January 24, 1864)
Chapman, George Henry	Brigadier general, USV (July 21, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Chetlain, Augustus Louis	Brigadier general, USV (December 18, 1863)	Major general, USV (June 18, 1865)
Chrysler, Morgan Henry	Brigadier general, USV (November 11, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Clark, William Thomas	Brigadier general, USV (May 31, 1865)	Major general, USV (November 24, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from Texas (1869–1872)
Clay, Cassius Marcellus	Major general, USV (April 11, 1862) Eicher: inactive?^[6]		Rejected appointment and resigned, March 11, 1863 U.S. minister to Russia (1863–1869)
Clayton, Powell	Brigadier general, USV (August 1, 1864)		Confirmed February 1865, ordered returned to Senate February 28, 1865 returned March 2, 1865, no reconfirmation^[7] Governor of Arkansas (1868–1871) U.S. Senator from Arkansas (1871–1877) U.S. minister to Mexico (1897–1898); U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1898–1905)
Cluseret, Gustave Paul	Brigadier general, USV (October 14, 1862)		Arrested on unspecified charges, January, 1863 Resigned March 2, 1863 Volunteer appointment never confirmed
Cochrane, John	Brigadier general, USV (July 17, 1862)		Resigned February 25, 1862 U.S. Congressman from New York (1857–1861)
Connor, Patrick Edward	Brigadier general, USV (March 30, 1863)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Connor, Seldon	Brigadier general, USV (June 11, 1864)		Governor of Maine (1876–1879)
Cook, John Pope	Brigadier general, USV (March 21, 1862)	Major general, USV (August 24, 1865)
Cooke, Philip St. George	Brigadier general, USA (November 12, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1827 Father of General John Rogers Cooke, CSA Father-in-law of General James Ewell Brown Stuart, CSA
Cooper, James	Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)		Died March 28, 1863 U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1849–1843) U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1849–1855)
Cooper, Joseph Alexander	Brigadier general, USV (July 30, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Copeland, Joseph Tarr	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Resigned November 8, 1865
Corcoran, Michael	Brigadier general, USV (July 21, 1861)		Died in riding accident December 22, 1863
Corse, John Murray	Brigadier general, USV (August 11, 1863)	Major general, USV (October 5, 1864)	USMA (class of 1857), withdrew 1855
Couch, Darius Nash	Major general, USV (July 4, 1862)		USMA, 1846 Resigned May 26, 1865
Cowdin, Robert	Brigadier general, USV (September 26, 1862)		Appointment expired March 4, 1863 Relieved and mustered out March 30, 1863
Cox, Jacob Dolson	Major General (December 7, 1864)		Original appointment as major general, USV (October 6, 1862) expired March 4, 1863 Resigned June 27, 1864 Governor of Ohio (1866–1867) United States Secretary of the Interior (1869–1870) U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1877–1879)
Craig, James	Brigadier general, USV (March 21, 1862)		Resigned May 5, 1863 U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1857–1861)
Crawford, Samuel Wylie, M.D.	Lieutenant colonel, USA (February 17, 1864) Brigadier general, USV (April 25, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (August 1, 1864)
Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas	Major general, USV (July 17, 1862)		Resigned December 13, 1864 Son of Senator John Jordan Crittenden Brother of General George Bibb Crittenden, CSA Cousin of Thomas Turpin Crittenden
Crittenden, Thomas Turpin	Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)		Resigned May 5, 1863 Nephew of Senator John Jordan Crittenden Cousin of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden and General George Bibb Crittenden, CSA
Crocker, Marcellus Monroe	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA (class of 1851), withdrew 1849 Died of illness August 26, 1865
Crook, George	Captain, USA (May 14, 1861) Major general, USV (October 21, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1852
Croxton, John Thomas	Brigadier general, USV (July 30, 1864)	Major general, USV (April 27, 1865)	U.S. minister to Bolivia (1873–1874)
Cruft, Charles	Brigadier general, USV (July 16, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 5, 1865)
Cullum, George Washington	Lieutenant colonel, USA (March 3, 1863) Brigadier general, USV (November 1, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1833 Superintendent, USMA (1864–1866) Created the Cullum number system to identify USMA graduates Brother-in-law to Schuyler Hamilton (married widow of Henry Wager Halleck)
Curtis, Newton Martin	Brigadier general, USV (January 15, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	MOH, First Battle of Fort Fisher (January 15, 1865) U.S. Congressman from New York (1891–1897)
Curtis, Samuel Ryan	Major general, USV (March 21, 1862)		USMA, 1831 U.S. Congressman from Iowa (1857–1861)
Custer, George Armstrong	Captain, USA (June 5, 1862) Major general, USV (April 15, 1865)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1861
Cutler, Lysander	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (August 19, 1864)	Resigned June 30, 1865

D

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Daggett, Aaron Simon	Lieutenant colonel, USV (January 23, 1865)	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Last surviving brevet general (d. May 14, 1938)
Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA, 1842 Resigned May 27, 1865
Davidson, John Wynn	Major, USA (November 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (February 3, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1845
Davies, Henry Eugene	Major general, USV (May 4, 1865)		Nephew of Thomas Alfred Davies
Davies, Thomas Alfred	Brigadier general, USV (March 7, 1862)	Major general, USV (July 11, 1865)	USMA, 1829 Uncle of Henry Eugene Davies
Davis, Edmund Jackson	Brigadier general, USV (November 10, 1864)		Governor of Texas (1870–1874)
Davis, Jefferson Columbus	Captain, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (December 18, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (August 8, 1864)	Shot and killed Major General William Nelson in a private altercation (September 29, 1862)
Dawes, Rufus Robinson	Colonel, USV (July 5, 1864)	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned August 10, 1864 U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1881–1883) Father of Vice President Charles Gates Dawes
Deitzler, George Washington	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Resigned August 27, 1863 Major General of Kansas Militia, 1864
Delafield, Richard	Brigadier general, USA (April 22, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1818 Superintendent, USMA (1838–1845, 1856–1861, 1861) Chief of Engineers (1864–1866)
Dennis, Elias Smith	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Dent, Frederick Tracy	Lieutenant colonel, USA (March 20, 1864) Brigadier general, USV (April 5, 1865)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1843 Brother-in-law of Ulysses S. Grant
Denver, James W.	Brigadier general, USV (August 14, 1861)		Resigned March 5, 1863 U.S. Congressman from California (1855–1857) Territorial Governor of Kansas (1857–1858) Namesake of Denver, Colorado
De Russy, Gustavus Adolphus	Captain, USA (August 17, 1857) Brigadier general, USV (May 23, 1863)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA (class of 1839), resigned in 1838 Son of René Edward De Russy Brother-in-law of Henry Jackson Hunt and Lewis Cass Hunt
De Russy, René Edward	Colonel, USA (March 3, 1863)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1812 Superintendent, USMA (1833–1838) Father of Gustavus Adolphus De Russy Father-in-law of Henry Jackson Hunt and Lewis Cass Hunt
De Trobriand, Philippe Régis Dénis de Keredern	Brigadier general, USV (January 5, 1864)	Major general, USV (April 9, 1865)
Devens, Charles Jr.	Brigadier general, USV (April 15, 1862)	Major general, USV (April 3, 1865)	Commander-in-chief, GAR (1873–1875) Attorney General of the United States (1877–1881)
Devin, Thomas Casimer	Brigadier general, USV (October 19, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Deweese, John Thomas	Lieutenant colonel, USV	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (1868–1870)
Dewey, Joel Allen	Brigadier general, USV (November 20, 1865)		Last Civil War general appointed
Diven, Alexander Samuel	Colonel, USV (October 21, 1862)	Brigadier general, USV (August 30, 1864)	Resigned May 11, 1863 U.S. Congressman from New York (1861–1863)
Dix, John Adams	Major general, USV (May 16, 1861)		Resigned November 30, 1865 U.S. Senator from New York (1845–1849) Secretary of the Treasury (1861) U.S. minister to France (1866–1869) Governor of New York (1873–1874) Highest-ranking volunteer officer
Dodge, Charles Cleveland	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Resigned June 12, 1863
Dodge, Grenville Mellen	Major general, USV (June 7, 1864)		U.S. Congressman from Iowa (1867–1869) Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1907–1909)
Doolittle, Charles Camp	Brigadier general, USV (January 27, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Doubleday, Abner	Lieutenant colonel, USA (September 20, 1863) Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1842 Aimed first cannon to return fire from Fort Sumter
Dow, Neal	Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)		Resigned November 30, 1864
Drake, Francis Marion	Lieutenant colonel, USV (October 4, 1862)	Brigadier general, USV (February 22, 1865)	Governor of Iowa (1896–1898)
Draper, William Francis	Lieutenant colonel, USV (August 9, 1864)	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (1893–1897) U.S. Ambassador to Italy (1897–1900)
Duffié, Alfred Napoleon Alexander (aka. Duffie, Alfred Nattie)	Brigadier general, USV (June 23, 1863)
Dumont, Ebenezer	Brigadier general, USV (September 3, 1861)		Resigned February 28, 1863 U.S. Congressman from Indiana (1863–1867)
Dunn, William McKee	Lieutenant colonel, USA (June 22, 1864)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from Indiana (1859–1863)
Duryée, Abram	Brigadier general, USV (August 31, 1861)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned January 5, 1863
Dutton, Arthur Henry	Captain, USA (October 2, 1863) Colonel, USV (September 5, 1862)	Colonel, USA (May 26, 1864) Brigadier general, USV (May 16, 1864)	USMA, 1861 DOW, Battle of Proctor's Creek (w. May 16, 1864, d. June 5, 1864)
Duval, Isaac Hardin	Brigadier general, USV (September 24, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from West Virginia (1869–1871)
Dwight, William	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA (class of 1853), discharged January 31, 1853
Dyer, Alexander Brydie	Brigadier general, USA (September 12, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1837 Chief of Ordnance (1864–1874)

E

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Eaton, Amos Beebe	Brigadier general, USA (June 29, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1826 Commissary General of Subsistence (1864–1874)
Edgerton, Alonzo Jay	Colonel, USV (February 15, 1864)	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1865)	U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1881)
Edwards, John	Brigadier General (September 24, 1864)		U.S. Congressman from Arkansas (1871 – February 8, 1872) Removed from seat when election was successfully contested
Edwards, Oliver	Brigadier general, USV (May 19, 1865)	Major general, USV (April 5, 1865)
Egan, Thomas Washington	Brigadier general, USV (September 3, 1864)	Major general, USV (October 27, 1864)
Ekin, James A.	Lieutenant colonel, USA (July 29, 1865) Colonel, USV (August 2, 1864)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865) Brigadier general, USV (March 8, 1865)	Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial
Ellet, Alfred Washington	Brigadier general, USV (November 1, 1862)		Resigned, December 31, 1864 Brother of Charles Ellet, Jr. Uncle of Charles Rivers Ellet
Elliott, Washington Lafayette	Major, USA (November 5, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (June 11, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA (class of 1845), left in 1844
Emory, William Helmsley	Colonel, USA (October 27, 1863) Major general, USV (September 25, 1865)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1831 Namesake of Emory Peak
Estey, George Peabody (aka. George Peabody Este)	Brigadier general, USV (June 26, 1865)
Eustis, Henry Lawrence	Brigadier General (September 12, 1863)		USMA, 1842 Resigned, June 27, 1864
Ewing, Charles	Captain, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (March 8, 1865)	Colonel, USA (March 13, 1865)	Son of Thomas Ewing Brother of Thomas Ewing, Jr. Brother of Hugh Boyle Ewing Brother-in-law of William Tecumseh Sherman
Ewing, Hugh Boyle	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, class of 1848, never graduated U.S. minister to the Netherlands (1866–1870) Son of Thomas Ewing Brother of Thomas Ewing, Jr. Brother of Charles Ewing Brother-in-law of William Tecumseh Sherman
Ewing, Thomas Jr.	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1863)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned February 23, 1865 U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1877–1881) Son of Thomas Ewing Brother of Charles Ewing Brother of Hugh Boyle Ewing Brother-in-law of William Tecumseh Sherman

F

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Fairchild, Lucius	Captain, USA (August, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (October 13, 1863)		Resigned November, 1863 Governor of Wisconsin (1866–1872) U.S. minister to Spain (1880–1881) Commander-in-chief, GAR (1886–1887) Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1893–1895)
Farnsworth, Elon John	Captain, USV (December 25, 1861)		Nominated brigadier general, USV, June 29, 1863, but not confirmed by U.S. Senate; Assigned to command 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, June 28, 1863, KIA, Battle of Gettysburg (July 3, 1863)
Ferrero, Edward	Brigadier general, USV (May 6, 1863)	Major general, USV (December, 1864)	Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 10, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
Ferry, Orris S.	Brigadier general, USV (March 17, 1862)	Major general, USV (May 23, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from Connecticut (1859–1861) U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1867–1875)
Fessenden, Francis	Captain, USA Major general, USV (November 9, 1865)		Son of Secretary of the Treasury William Pitt Fessenden Brother of James Deering Fessenden
Fessenden, James Deering	Brigadier general, USV (August 8, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Son of Secretary of the Treasury William Pitt Fessenden Brother of Francis Fessenden
Fisk, Clinton Bowen	Brigadier general, USV (November 24, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Force, Manning Ferguson	Brigadier general, USV (August 11, 1863)	Major general, USV	MOH, Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864) Brother-in-law of John Pope
Forsyth, James W.	Captain, USA (October 24, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (March 19, 1865)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1856
Foster, John Gray	Captain, USA Major general, USV (July 18, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1846
Foster, Robert Sanford	Brigadier general, USV (June 12, 1863)	Major general, USV	Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial
Franklin, William Buel	Colonel, USA (May 14, 1861) Major general, USV (July 4, 1862)		USMA, 1843
Frémont, John Charles	Major general, USA (May 14, 1861)		Resigned June 4, 1864 U.S. Senator from California (1850–1851) Territorial Governor of Arizona (1878–1887) Son-in-law of Senator Thomas Hart Benton
French, William H.	Colonel, USA Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA, 1837 Mustered out of volunteer service May 6, 1864
Fry, James Barnet	Brigadier general, USA (April 21, 1864)	Major general, USA	USMA, 1847 Provost Marshal General (1863–1866)
Fry, Speed Smith	Brigadier general, USV (March 21, 1862)
Fuller, John Wallace	Brigadier general, USV (January 5, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)

G

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Gamble, William	Brigadier general, USV (September 25, 1865)
Garfield, James Abram	Major general, USV (September 19, 1863)		Resigned December 5, 1863 U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1863–1881) 20th President of the United States (1881) Second President to die by assassination
Garrard, Kenner	First Lieutenant, USA Brigadier general, USV (July 23, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1863) Major general, USV (December 16, 1864)	USMA, 1851 First cousin (once removed) of Theophilus Toulmin Garrard
Garrard, Theophilus Toulmin	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Mustered out April 4, 1864 First cousin (once removed) of Kenner Garrard
Geary, John White	Brigadier general, USV (April 25, 1862)	Major general, USV (January 12, 1865)	Territorial Governor of Kansas (1856–1857) Governor of Pennsylvania (1867–1873)
Getty, George Washington	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (September 25, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (August, 1864)	USMA, 1840
Gibbon, John	Captain, USA Major general, USV (June 7, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1847 Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1895–1896)
Gibbs, Alfred	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (October 19, 1864)	Major general, USA Major general, USV	USMA, 1846
Gilbert, Charles Champion	Major, USA (July, 1863) Brigadier general, USV (September 4, 1862)	Colonel, USA	USMA, 1846 Appointment expired, March 4, 1863 Assigned to duty as "acting" Major General (August, 1862) by Horatio Gouverneur Wright
Gilbert, James Isham	Brigadier general, USV (February 9, 1865)	Major general, USV
Gillem, Alvan Cullem	Captain, USA (July 12, 1861) Major general, USV (November 3, 1865)	Major general, USA (April 12, 1865)	USMA, 1851
Gillmore, Quincy Adams	Major, USA (June 1, 1863) Major general, USV (July 10, 1863)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1851
Gordon, George Henry	Brigadier general, USV (June 9, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1846
Gorman, Willis A.	Brigadier general, USV (September 7, 1861)		Mustered out May 4, 1864 Territorial Governor of Minnesota (1853–1857)
Graham, Charles Kinnaird	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Graham, Lawrence Pike	Colonel, USA (1864) Brigadier general, USV (August, 1861)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)
Granger, Gordon	Major general, USV (September 17, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1845
Granger, Robert Seaman	Major, USA (September, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (October, 1862)	Major general, USA	USMA, 1838
Grant, Lewis Addison	Brigadier general, USV (April 27, 1864)		MOH, Battle of Salem Church (May 3, 1863)
Grant, Ulysses S. (b. Grant, Hiram Ulysses)	Lieutenant General, USA (March 4, 1864)		USMA, 1843 Received the Thanks of Congress (December 17, 1863) Received the Congressional Gold Medal (December 17, 1863) First full-grade Lieutenant General since George Washington First General since George Washington (July 25, 1866) General-in-Chief (1864–1869) 18th President of the United States (1869–1877)
Greene, George Sears	Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)		USMA, 1823
Gregg, David McMurtrie	Captain, USA (1861) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA, 1855 Resigned February 3, 1865 Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1903–1905) Cousin of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin
Gresham, Walter Quintin	Brigadier general, USV (August 11, 1883)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned due to wounds, 1863 Postmaster General (1883–1884) Secretary of the Treasury (1884) Secretary of State (1893–1895)
Grierson, Benjamin Henry	Major general, USV (May 27, 1865)
Griffin, Charles	Captain, USA Major general, USV (April 2, 1865)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1847 Brother-in-law of Samuel Sprigg Carroll
Griffin, Simon Goodell	Brigadier general, USV (May 12, 1864)	Major general, USV (April 2, 1865)
Grose, William	Brigadier general, USV (July 30, 1864)	Major general, USV (August 13, 1865)
Grover, Cuvier	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (April 14, 1862)	Major general, USA Major general, USV	USMA, 1850

H

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Hackleman, Pleasant Adams	Brigadier general, USV (April 20, 1862)		KIA, Battle of Corinth (October 3, 1862)
Halleck, Henry Wager	Major general, USA (August 19, 1861)		USMA, 1839 General-in-Chief, U.S. Army (July 23, 1862 – March 12, 1864) Chief of staff, U.S. Army (March 12, 1864-May, 1865)
Hamblin, Joseph Eldridge	Brigadier general, USV (May 19, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Hamilton, Andrew J.	Brigadier general, USV (September 18, 1863)		First appointment as brigadier general (November 14, 1862) never confirmed Reconstruction Governor of Texas (June, 1865-August, 1866)
Hamilton, Charles Smith	Major general, USV (September 19, 1862)		USMA, 1843 Resigned, April 13, 1863
Hamilton, Schuyler	Colonel, USA Brigadier general, USV (November 12, 1861)		USMA, 1841 Grandson of Alexander Hamilton Brother-in-law of Henry W. Halleck; later brother-in-law to George Washington Cullum Nominated major general, USV (September 17, 1862), never confirmed due to illness Resigned February 27, 1863
Hamlin, Cyrus	Colonel, USA (February 12, 1863) Brigadier general, USV (December 13, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Son of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin Brother of Charles Hamlin
Hammond, William Alexander	Brigadier general, USA (April 25, 1862)		Surgeon General (1862–1864) Dismissed from service, August 18, 1864
Hancock, Winfield Scott	Brigadier general, USA (August 12, 1864) Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA, 1844 Received the Thanks of Congress (April 21, 1866) Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1879–1886)
Hardin, Martin Davis	Major, USA Brigadier general, USV (July 2, 1864)	Brigadier general, USA	USMA, 1859
Harding, Abner Clark	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1863)		Resigned June, 1863 U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1865–1869)
Harker, Charles Garrison	Brigadier general, USV (April 10, 1864)		USMA, 1858 KIA, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (June 26, 1864)
Harland, Edward	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)
Harney, William Selby	Brigadier general, USA (June 14, 1858)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)
Harris, Thomas Maley	Brigadier general, USV (March 29, 1865)		Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial
Harrison, Benjamin	Colonel, USV	Brigadier general, USV (January 23, 1865)	U.S. Senator from Indiana (1881–1887) 23rd President of the United States (1889–1893)
Harrow, William	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Relieved, September 1864 Resigned, April 7, 1865
Hartranft, John F.	Brigadier general, USV (May 12, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 28, 1865)	MOH, First Battle of Bull Run Provost Marshal, Lincoln Assassination trial Commander-in-chief, GAR (1875–1877) Governor of Pennsylvania (1873–1879)
Hartsuff, George Lucas	Lieutenant colonel, USA Major general, USV (November 19, 1862)	Major general, USA	USMA, 1852
Hascall, Milo Smith	Brigadier general, USV (April 25, 1862)		USMA, 1852 Recommended for promotion to major general, USV, September 12, 1864; no action taken Resigned, October 27, 1864
Haskin, Joseph Abel	Lieutenant colonel, USA Brigadier general, USV (August 5, 1864)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1839
Hatch, Edward	Brigadier general, USV (April 27, 1864)	Major general, USV
Hatch, John Porter	Major, USA (1863) Brigadier general, USV (September 28, 1861)	Brigadier general, USA Major general, USV	USMA, 1845 MOH, Battle of South Mountain
Haupt, Herman	Colonel, USA (April 27, 1862) Brigadier general, USV (September 5, 1862)		USMA, 1835 Refused commission as brigadier general, resigned September 14, 1863
Hawkins, John Parker	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (April 13, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1852 Brother-in-law of E.R.S. Canby
Hawley, Joseph Roswell	Brigadier general, USV (September 13, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Governor of Connecticut (1866–1867) U.S. Congressman from Connecticut (1872–1875, 1879–1881) U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1881–1905)
Hayes, Joseph	Brigadier general, USV (May 12, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard	Brigadier general, USV (October 19, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned commission, June, 1865 U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1865–1867) Governor of Ohio (1868–1872, 1876–1877) 19th President of the United States (1877–1881) Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1886, 1888–1893)
Haynie, Isham N.	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Commission never confirmed by Senate, expired March 4, 1863 Resigned, March 6, 1863 Warner lists as brig. gen., Eicher does not
Hays, Alexander	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (September 29, 1862)	Colonel, USA Major general, USV (May 5, 1864)	USMA, 1844 KIA, Battle of the Wilderness (May 5, 1864)
Hays, William	Major, USA (1863) Brigadier general, USV (December 27, 1862)		USMA, 1840 Relieved of duty, April 6, 1865
Hazen, William Babcock	Colonel, USA Major general, USV (December 13, 1864)	Major general, USA	USMA, 1856
Heckman, Charles Adam	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Relieved, March 23, 1865 Resigned, May 25, 1865
Heintzelman, Samuel P.	Colonel, USA (May 14, 1861) Major general, USV (May 5, 1862)		USMA, 1826
Herron, Francis Jay	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Youngest Major General MOH, Battle of Pea Ridge
Hinks, Edward Winslow (b. Hincks, Edward Winslow; aka Hinks, Edward Ward)	Second Lieutenant, USA (April 26, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (March 2, 1867) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned regular Army commission June 4, 1861, returned to regular service after the war
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen	Colonel, USA Major general, USV (February 10, 1862)	Brigadier general, USV (1848)	USMA, 1817 Grandson of Ethan Allen
Hobson, Edward H.	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)
Holt, Joseph	Brigadier general, USA (June 22, 1864)		Postmaster General (1859–1860) Secretary of War (1861–1862) Judge Advocate General Presiding judge on the Lincoln assassination trial
Hooker, Joseph	Brigadier general, USA (September 20, 1862) Major general, USV (May 5, 1862)		USMA, 1837 Received Thanks of Congress (January 28, 1864)
Hovey, Alvin P.	Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)	Major general, USV (June 4, 1864)	U.S. minister to Peru (1866–1870) U.S. Congressman (1887–1889) Governor of Indiana (1889–1891)
Hovey, Charles Edward	Brigadier general, USV (September 5, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Commission never confirmed, expired March 4, 1863 Resigned due to wounds, May, 1863
Howard, Oliver Otis	Brigadier general, USA (December 21, 1864) Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA, 1854 MOH, Battle of Fair Oaks Received Thanks of Congress (January 28, 1864) Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau (1865–1871) Superintendent, USMA (1881–1882) Last surviving Civil War army commander and substantive Regular Army general.
Howe, Albion Parris	Captain, USA (1855) Brigadier general, USV (June 22, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1841 Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial
Howell, Joshua B.	Brigadier general, USV (September 12, 1864)		Posthumous promotion Died in riding accident, September 12, 1864
Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson	Colonel, USA Major general, USV (July 8, 1863)	Major general, USA	USMA, 1831
Hunt, Henry Jackson	Lieutenant colonel, USA Brigadier general, USV (September 15, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (1863)	USMA, 1839 Brother of Lewis Cass Hunt Son-in-law of René Edward De Russy Brother-in-law of John Parker Hawkins and Gustavus Adolphus De Russy
Hunt, Lewis Cass	Major, USA (1863) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (1865)	USMA, 1847 Brother of Henry Jackson Hunt Son-in-law of René Edward De Russy Brother-in-law of John Parker Hawkins and Gustavus Adolphus De Russy
Hunter, David	Colonel, USA Major general, USV (August 13, 1861)	Major general, USA	USMA, 1822 Presiding Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial
Hurlbut, Stephen A.	Major general, USV (September 17, 1862)		Mustered out of service for alleged corruption, June 20, 1865 First commander-in-chief, GAR (1866–1868) U.S. minister to Colombia (1869–1872) U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1873–1877) U.S. minister to Peru (1881–1882)

I

Image	Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
	Ingalls, Rufus	Major, USA (1862) Brigadier general, USV (May 23, 1863)	Major general, USA Major general, USV	USMA, 1843 16th Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army 1882-1883

J

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Jackson, Conrad Feger	Brigadier general, USV (July 17, 1862)		KIA, Battle of Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
Jackson, James Streshly	Brigadier general, USV (July 19, 1862)		U.S. Congressman from Kentucky (1861) KIA, Battle of Perryville (October 8, 1862)
Jackson, Nathaniel James	Brigadier general, USV (September 24, 1862)	Major general, USV
Jackson, Richard Henry	Captain, USA (1862) Brigadier general, USV (May 19, 1865)	Brigadier general, USA Major general, USV	Postwar appointment but listed by Eicher and Warner
Jameson, Charles Davis	Brigadier general, USV (September 3, 1861)		d. November 6, 1862 of illness
Johnson, Andrew	Brigadier general, USV (March 4, 1862)		U.S. Congressman from Tennessee (1843–1853) Governor of Tennessee (1853–1857, 1875) U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1857–1862) Military Governor of Tennessee (1862–1864) 16th Vice President of the United States (1865) 17th President of the United States (1865–1869)
Johnson, Richard W.	Brigadier general, USV (October 11, 1861)	Major general, USA Major general, USV	USMA, 1849
Jones, Patrick Henry	Brigadier general, USV (December 6, 1864)
Judah, Henry Moses	Major, USA (June 30, 1862) Brigadier general, USV (March 21, 1862)		USMA, 1843

K

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Kane, Thomas Leiper	Brigadier general, USV (September 7, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned November, 1863
Kautz, August Valentin	Captain, USA (May, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (May 7, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1852 Commissioner, Lincoln assassination trial
Kearny, Philip	Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)		KIA, Battle of Chantilly (September 1, 1862) posthumous appt. Maj. Gen. USV confirmed March 9, 1863
Keim, William High	Brigadier general, USV (September 20, 1861)		Died of illness, May 18, 1862
Kelley, Benjamin Franklin	Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)	Major general, USV (August 5, 1864)
Kenly, John Reese	Brigadier general, USV (August 22, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Ketcham, John Henry	Brigadier general, USV (October 23, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from New York (1865–1873, 1877–1893, 1897–1906)
Ketchum, William Scott	Colonel, USA (1864) Brigadier general, USV (February 3, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1834
Keyes, Erasmus Darwin	Colonel, USA (1861) Major general, USV (May 5, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA	USMA, 1832 Resigned, May 6, 1864
Kiernan, James Lawlor	Brigadier general, USV (August 1, 1863)		Resigned February 3, 1864; Warner lists; Eicher shows as not confirmed
Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson	Major general, USV (June 18, 1865)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1861 U.S. minister to Chile (1866–1870, 1881)
Kimball, Nathan	Brigadier general, USV (April 16, 1862)	Major general, USV (February 1, 1865)
King, John Haskell	Colonel, USA (1865) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (May 31, 1865)
King, Rufus	Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)		USMA, 1833 Resigned October 1863 U.S. minister to the Papal States (1863–1867) Appointed minister in 1861, took a leave of absence to join the Army
Kirby, Edmund	First Lieutenant, USA (1861) Brigadier general, USV (May 28, 1863)		USMA, 1861 DOW, Second Battle of Fredericksburg (w. May 3, 1863, d. May 28, 1863)
Kirk, Edward Needles	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		DOW, Battle of Stones River (w. December 31, 1862, d. July 21, 1863)
Knipe, Joseph Farmer	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)
Krzyzanowski, Wladimir	Colonel, USV (1861)	Brigadier general, USV (March 2, 1865)	First cousin of Frédéric Chopin Appointment as brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862) not confirmed expired March 4, 1863, served at that grade until the Atlanta campaign Warner lists

L

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Lander, Frederick West	Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)		Died of illness, March 2, 1862
Lane, James H.	Brigadier general, USV (December 18, 1861)		U.S. Congressman from Indiana (1853–1855) U.S. Senator from Kansas (1861–1866) Commission cancelled March 21, 1862 Reinstated April 11, 1862
Lauman, Jacob G.	Brigadier general, USV (March 21, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Relieved of duty, July 15, 1863
Lawler, Michael Kelly	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Lawrence, Albert Gallatin	Captain, USV	Brigadier general, USV (March 25, 1865)	U.S. minister to Costa Rica (1867–1868) Son-in-law of Brigadier General Joseph Pannell Taylor and President Zachary Taylor Brother-in-law of John McLean Taylor
Ledlie, James H.	Brigadier general, USV (October 27, 1863)		Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (December 24, 1862) expired March 4, 1863 Relieved of command, July, 1864 Resigned January 23, 1865
Lee, Albert Lindley	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Resigned May 4, 1865
Leggett, Mortimer Dormer	Major general, USV (August 21, 1865)
Lightburn, Joseph Andrew Jackson	Brigadier general, USV (March 16, 1863)
Lockwood, Henry Hayes	Brigadier general, USV (August 8, 1861)		USMA, 1836
Logan, John Alexander	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Commander-in-chief, GAR (1868–1871) U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1859–1861, 1867–1871) U.S. Senator from Illinois (1871–1877, 1879–1886)
Long, Eli	Captain, USA (May 24, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (August 18, 1864)	Major general, USA Major general, USV
Lowell, Charles Russell	Brigadier general, USV (October 19, 1864)		KIA, Battle of Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
Lucas, Thomas John	Brigadier general, USV (November 10, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 26, 1865)
Lyon, Nathaniel	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)		USMA, 1841 KIA, Battle of Wilson's Creek (August 10, 1861) First Union general killed during the war Received the Thanks of Congress (December 24, 1861)
Lytle, William Haines	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		KIA, Battle of Chickamauga (September 20, 1863)

M

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
McArthur, John	Brigadier general, USV (March 21, 1862)	Major general, USV
McCall, George Archibald	Brigadier general, USV (May 15, 1861)		USMA, 1822 Resigned March 31, 1863
McCleery, James	Major, USV (1865)	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from Louisiana (1871)
McClellan, George Brinton	Major general, USA (May 14, 1861)		USMA, 1846 General-in-Chief (November 1, 1861 – July 22, 1862) Relieved of duty November 7, 1862 Resigned November 8, 1864 Governor of New Jersey (1878–1881)
McClernand, John Alexander	Major general, USV (May 21, 1862)		Resigned November 30, 1864 U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1843–1851, 1859–1861)
McCook, Alexander McDowell	Major general, USV (July 17, 1862)		Highest-ranking of the fourteen "Fighting McCooks" Brother of Daniel McCook, Jr., Edwin Stanton McCook, and Robert Latimer McCook Cousin of Anson George McCook and Edward Moody McCook
McCook, Daniel, Jr.	Brigadier general, USV (July 16, 1864)		DOW, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (w. June 27, 1864, d. July 17, 1864) Brother of Alexander McDowell McCook, Edwin Stanton McCook, and Robert Latimer McCook Cousin of Anson George McCook and Edward Moody McCook
McCook, Edward Moody	First Lieutenant, USA (May 8, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (April 27, 1864)	Brigadier general, USA Major general, USV	U.S. minister to Hawai'i (1866–1868) Territorial Governor of Colorado (1869–1873, 1874–1875) Brother of Anson George McCook Cousin of Alexander McDowell McCook, Daniel McCook, Jr., Edwin Stanton McCook, and Robert Latimer McCook
McCook, Robert Latimer	Brigadier general, USV (March 21, 1862)		DOW sustained near Huntsville, Alabama (w. August 5, 1862, d. August 6, 1862) Brother of Alexander McDowell McCook, Daniel McCook, Jr., and Edwin Stanton McCook Cousin of Anson George McCook and Edward Moody McCook
McDowell, Irvin	Brigadier general, USA (May 14, 1861) Major general, USV (March 14, 1862)		USMA, 1838
McGinnis, George Francis	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)
McIntosh, John Baillie	Second Lieutenant, USA (1861) Brigadier general, USV (July 21, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865) Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	Brother of General James McQueen McIntosh, CSA
McKean, Thomas Jefferson	Brigadier general, USV (November 21, 1861)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1831
Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (1864)	Brigadier general, USA Major general, USV	USMA, 1862 Nephew of Confederate diplomat John Slidell
McKinstry, Justus	Brigadier general, USV (September 2, 1861)		USMA, 1838 Dismissed from service for corruption, January 28, 1863
McLean, Nathaniel Collins	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Resigned April 20, 1865
McMillan, James Winning	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 5, 1865)	Resigned May 15, 1865
McNeil, John	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (April 12, 1865)	Resigned April 12, 1865
McPherson, James Birdseye	Brigadier general, USA (August 1, 1863) Major general, USV (October 8, 1862)		USMA, 1853 KIA, Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864) Only Union Army commander to be KIA
Maltby, Jasper Adalmorn	Brigadier general, USV (August 4, 1863)
Mansfield, Joseph King Fenno	Brigadier general, USA (May 6, 1861) Major general, USV (July 18, 1862)		USMA, 1822 DOW, Battle of Antietam (w. September 17, 1862, d. September 18, 1862)
Manson, Mahlon Dickerson	Brigadier general, USV (March 24, 1862)		Resigned due to wounds, December 21, 1864 U.S. Congressman from Indiana (1871–1873)
Marcy, Randolph Barnes	Colonel, USA (August 9, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (September 28, 1861)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1832 Inspector General, U.S. Army (1861–1881) Volunteer appointment expired March 4, 1863 Father-in-law of George Brinton McClellan
Marsh, Charles Carroll	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Appointment withdrawn Resigned April 22, 1863
Marston, Gilman	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Resigned April 20, 1865 U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire (1859–1863, 1865–1867) U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (1889)
Martindale, John Henry	Brigadier general, USV (August 9, 1861)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1835 Resigned September 13, 1864
Mason, John Sanford	Major, USA (1864) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (1865)	USMA, 1847
Matthies, Charles Leopold (b. Matthies, Karl Leopold)	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		First officer to muster a company of volunteers for U.S. service (January 9, 1861) Resigned May 16, 1864
Meade, George Gordon	Major general, USA (August 18, 1864)		USMA, 1835 Received the Thanks of Congress (January 28, 1864) Namesake of Fort Meade, Maryland
Meagher, Thomas Francis	Brigadier general, USV (February 3, 1862)		Resigned May 14, 1863, resignation rejected Resigned May 15, 1865
Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham	Brigadier general, USA (May 15, 1861)	Major general, USA (July 5, 1864)	USMA, 1836 Quartermaster General (1861–1882)
Meredith, Solomon	Brigadier general, USV (October 6, 1862)	Major general, USV (August 14, 1865)
Meredith, Sullivan Amory	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)
Merritt, Wesley	Captain, USA (1862) Major general, USV (April 1, 1865)	Major general, USA (1865)	USMA, 1860 Superintendent, USMA (1882–1887) Military Governor of the Philippines (1898)
Miles, Nelson Appleton	Major general, USV (October 21, 1865)		MOH, Battle of Chancellorsville (May 2–3, 1863) Last General-in-Chief (1895–1902); position replaced with Chief of Staff upon his retirement Military Governor of Puerto Rico (1898) Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1919–1925) Last surviving Major General (d. May 15, 1925)
Miller, John Franklin	Brigadier general, USV (January 5, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	U.S. Senator from California (1881–1886)
Miller, Stephen	Brigadier general, USV (October 26, 1863)		Resigned January 18, 1864 Governor of Minnesota (1864–1865)
Milroy, Robert Huston	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)
Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight	Major general, USV (April 11, 1862)		USMA, 1829 Died of yellow fever, October 30, 1862
Mitchell, John Grant	Brigadier general, USV (January 12, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned July 3, 1865
Mitchell, Robert Byington	Brigadier general, USV (April 8, 1862)		Territorial Governor of New Mexico (1866–1869)
Montgomery, William Reading	Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)		USMA, 1825 Resigned April 4, 1864
Morell, George Webb	Brigadier general, USV (August 9, 1861)		USMA, 1835 Appointment as major general, USV (July 4, 1862) expired March 4, 1863 Mustered out December 15, 1864
Morgan, Charles Hale	Captain, USA (August 5, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (May 21, 1865)		USMA, 1857
Morgan, Edwin Denison	Major general, USV (September 28, 1861)		Resigned January 1, 1863 First (and longest-sitting) Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1856–1864, 1872–1876) Governor of New York (1859–1862) U.S. Senator from New York (1863–1869)
Morgan, George Washington	Brigadier general, USV (November 21, 1861)	Brigadier general, USA (1848)	USMA (class of 1845), resigned 1843 Resigned volunteer commission June 8, 1863 U.S. minister to Portugal (1858–1861) U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1869-1869, 1871–1873)
Morgan, James Dada	Brigadier general, USV (July 17, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 19, 1865)
Morris, William Hopkins	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1851
Morton, James St. Clair	Major, USA (July 3, 1863) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA, 1851 Resigned volunteer commission November 7, 1863 KIA, Siege of Petersburg (July 17, 1864)
Mott, Gershom	Major general, USV (May 26, 1865)
Mower, Joseph Anthony	Major general, USV (August 12, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)

N

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Nagle, James	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1863)		Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 10, 1862) expired March 4, 1863 due to lack of Senate confirmation Resigned, May 9, 1863 Recommissioned as Colonel (July 4, 1863 – August 2, 1863) Recommissioned again as Colonel (1864) Resigned, November 5, 1864
Naglee, Henry Morris	Brigadier general, USV (February 12, 1862)		USMA, 1835 Relieved, September 23, 1863 Mustered out, April 4, 1864
Negley, James S.	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Relieved, September, 1864 Resigned, January 19, 1865 U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania (1869–1887)
Neill, Thomas Hewson	Major, USA Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1863)	Brigadier general, USA Major general, USV	USMA, 1847 Superintendent, USMA (1876–1879)
Nelson, William	Major general, USV (July 17, 1862)		Only naval officer in either army to reach major general Shot and killed in a private altercation by Brigadier General Jefferson C. Davis (September 29, 1862)
Newton, John	Colonel, USA Major general, USV (March 30, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1842 son of Congressman Thomas Newton, Jr. Volunteer rank revoked April 18, 1864
Nickerson, Franklin Stillman	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Relieved, July 22, 1864 Resigned May 13, 1865

O

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Oglesby, Richard James "Uncle Dick"	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Resigned, May 26, 1864 Governor of Illinois (1865–1869, 1873, 1885–1889) U.S. Senator from Illinois (1873–1879) Present at the deathbed of Abraham Lincoln
Oliver, John Morrison	Brigadier general, USV (January 12, 1865)	Major general, USV
Opdycke, Emerson (b. Opdycke, Samuel Emerson)	Brigadier general, USV (July 26, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Postwar appointment, resigned January 1, 1866 before Senate confirmation February 23, 1866 Warner, Eicher list
Ord, Edward Otho Cresap	Colonel, USA Major general, USV (May 3, 1862)		USMA, 1839
Orme, William Ward	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Resigned, April 20, 1864
Osborn, Thomas Ogden	Brigadier general, USV (May 1, 1865)	Major general, USV	U.S. minister to Argentina (1874–1885)
Osterhaus, Peter Joseph	Major general, USV (July 23, 1864)
Owen, Joshua Thomas	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Commission never confirmed by Senate, expired March 4, 1863 Relieved of duty, June, 1864 Mustered out, July, 1864

P

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Paine, Charles Jackson	Brigadier general, USV (July 4, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Paine, Eleazar Arthur	Brigadier general, USV (September 3, 1861)		USMA, 1839 Resigned April 5, 1865 Cousin of Halbert Eleazer Paine
Paine, Halbert Eleazer	Brigadier general, USV (April 9, 1863)		Resigned May 15, 1865 U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin (1865–1871) Cousin of Eleazer Arthur Paine
Palmer, Innis Newton	Lieutenant colonel, USA (1863) Brigadier general, USV (September 23, 1861)	Brigadier general, USA Major general, USV	USMA, 1846
Palmer, John McCauley	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Governor of Illinois (1869–1873) U.S. Senator from Illinois (1891–1897) Commander-in-chief, GAR (1891–1892)
Parke, John Grubb	Major general, USV (July 18, 1862)	Major general, USA	USMA, 1849 Superintendent, USMA (1887–1889)
Parsons, Lewis Baldwin	Brigadier general, USV (May 11, 1865)	Major general, USV
Patrick, Marsena Rudolph	Brigadier general, USV (March 20, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1835
Patterson, Francis Engle	Brigadier general, USV (April 11, 1862)		"Killed by accidental discharge of his own pistol" (November 22, 1862) Son of Robert Patterson Brother-in-law of John Joseph Abercrombie
Patterson, Robert	Major general, Pennsylvania Volunteers	Mexican-American War veteran Returned to duty with PA volunteers^[8]	Commanded Department of Pennsylvania Failed to retake Harpers Ferry or stop Stonewall Jackson move; Discharged July, 1861 Father of Francis E. Patterson; Father-in-law of John Joseph Abercrombie
Paul, Gabriel René	Brigadier general, USA (February 16, 1865) Brigadier general, USV (April 18, 1863)		USMA, 1834 Retired February 16, 1865, due to blinding at Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863) Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 5, 1862) not confirmed, expired March 4, 1863
Peck, John James	Major general, USV (July 4, 1862)		USMA, 1843
Pennypacker, Galusha	Brigadier general, USV (February 18, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	MOH, Battle of Fort Fisher (January 15, 1865) Youngest general in U.S. history
Penrose, William Henry	First Lieutenant, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (July 27, 1865)		Postwar appointment, nominated January 13, 1866 confirmed February 23, 1866; Warner, Eicher list
Phelps, John Smith	Brigadier general, USV (July 19, 1862)		Appointment expired March 4, 1863 U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1845–1863) Military Governor of Arkansas (1862–1863) Governor of Missouri (1877–1881)
Phelps, John Wolcott	Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)		Resigned, August 21, 1862) USMA, 1836 Half-brother of Charles Edward Phelps
Piatt, Abram Sanders (aka Piatt, Abraham Sanders)	Brigadier general, USV (April 30, 1862)		Resigned February 17, 1863
Pierce, Byron Root	Brigadier general, USV (June 7, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Pile, William Anderson	Brigadier general, USV (December 26, 1863)	Major general, USV (April, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1867–1869) Territorial Governor of New Mexico (1869–1871) U.S. minister to Venezuela (1871–1874)
Pitcher, Thomas Gamble	Captain, USA (1858) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1845 Superintendent, USMA (1866–1870)
Pleasonton, Alfred	Major, USA (1862) Major general, USV (June 22, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1844
Plummer, Joseph Bennett	Major, USA (April, 1862) Brigadier general, USV (October 27, 1861)		USMA, 1841 Died "Of Wound and Exposure in the Active Field", August 9, 1862
Poe, Orlando Metcalfe	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1856 Volunteer appointment expired March 4, 1863, not confirmed
Pope, John	Brigadier general, USA (July 14, 1862) Major general, USV (March 21, 1862)		USMA, 1842 Brother-in-law of Force, Manning Ferguson
Porter, Andrew	Colonel, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (May 18, 1861)		Mustered out of volunteer service April 4, 1864 Resigned regular commission April 20, 1864 USMA (class of 1844), resigned in 1840 Cousin of Horace Porter First cousin (once removed) of Mary Todd Lincoln
Porter, Fitz John	Colonel, USA (1861) Major general, USV (July 4, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (1862)	USMA, 1845 Relieved September 5, 1862 court-martialed and convicted (January 10, 1863) Dismissed from service January 21, 1863 Exonerated March 19, 1879 Nephew of David Dixon Porter, USN and William David Porter, USN
Potter, Edward Elmer	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Potter, Joseph Haydn	Major, USA (1863) Brigadier general, USV (May 1, 1865)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1843
Potter, Robert Brown	Major general, USV (September 29, 1865)
Potts, Benjamin Franklin	Brigadier general, USV (January 12, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Territorial Governor of Montana (1870–1883)
Powell, William Henry	Brigadier general, USV (October 19, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	MOH for actions at Sinking Creek (November 26, 1862) Resigned January 5, 1865
Pratt, Calvin Edward	Brigadier general, USV (September 13, 1862)		Resigned April 25, 1863
Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Resigned October 28, 1863
Prince, Henry	Major, USA (1855) Brigadier general, USV (April 20, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1835

Q

Image	Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
	Quinby, Isaac Ferdinand	Brigadier general, USV (March 17, 1862)		USMA, 1843 Resigned, December 31, 1863

R

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Ramsay, George Douglas	Brigadier general, USA (September 15, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1820 Retired September 12, 1864 Chief of Ordnance (1863–1864)
Ransom, Thomas Edward Greenfield	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (September 1, 1864)	Died October 29, 1864
Raum, Green Berry	Brigadier general, USV (February 15, 1865)
Rawlins, John Aaron	Brigadier general, USA (March 3, 1865)	Major general, USA (April 9, 1865) Major general, USV (February 24, 1865)	Chief of Staff to General Ulysses S. Grant Secretary of War (1869)
Reid, Hugh Thompson	Brigadier general, USV (April 9, 1863)		Resigned April 4, 1864
Reilly, James William	Brigadier general, USV (July 30, 1864)		Resigned April 20, 1865
Reno, Jesse Lee	Captain, USA Major general, USV (July 18, 1862)		USMA, 1846 KIA, Battle of South Mountain (September 14, 1862)
Revere, Joseph Warren	Brigadier general, USV (October 25, 1862)		Forced to resign August 10, 1863 Grandson of Paul Revere Cousin of Paul Joseph Revere
Reynolds, John Fulton	Lieutenant colonel, USA (May 14, 1861) Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA, 1841 Superintendent, USMA (1860–1861) KIA, Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863)
Reynolds, Joseph Jones	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA, 1843
Rice, Americus Vespucius	Brigadier general, USV (May 31, 1865)		U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1875–1879)
Rice, Elliott Warren	Brigadier general, USV (June 22, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Brother of Samuel Allen Rice
Rice, James Clay	Brigadier general, USV (August 17, 1863)		KIA, Battle of Spotsylvania (May 10, 1864)
Rice, Samuel Allen	Brigadier general, USV (August 4, 1863)		DOW, Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (w. April 30, 1864, d. July 6, 1864) Brother of Elliott Warren Rice
Richardson, Israel Bush	Major general, USV (July 4, 1862)		USMA, 1841 DOW, Battle of Antietam (w. September 17, 1862, d. November 3, 1862)
Ricketts, James Brewerton	Major, USA Brigadier general, USV (July 21, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (August 1, 1864)	USMA, 1839
Ripley, James Wolfe	Brigadier general, USA (August 3, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1814 Chief of Ordnance (1861–1863) Uncle of General Roswell Sabine Ripley, CSA
Roberts, Benjamin Stone	Major, USA (May 13, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (July 16, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1835
Robinson, James Sidney	Brigadier general, USV (January 12, 1865)		U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1881–1885)
Robinson, John Cleveland	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)	Major general, USA Major general, USV	MOH, Battle of Laurel Hill (May 8, 1864) USMA (class of 1839), dismissed 1836 Commander-in-chief, GAR (1877–1879)
Rodman, Isaac Peace	Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)		DOW, Battle of Antietam (w. September 17, 1862, d. September 30, 1862)
Rosecrans, William Starke	Brigadier general, USA (May 16, 1861) Major general, USV (March 21, 1862)		USMA, 1842 Rejected original appointment as major general, USV (September 17, 1862) Received the Thanks of Congress (March 3, 1863) U.S. minister to Mexico (1868–1869) U.S. Congressman from California (1881–1885)
Ross, Leonard Fulton	Brigadier general, USV (April 26, 1862)		Resigned July 22, 1863
Rousseau, Lovell Harrison	Major general, USV (October 8, 1862)		U.S. Congressman from Kentucky (1865–1866, 1866–1867) Father-in-law of Louis Douglass Watkins
Rowley, Thomas Algeo	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Convicted by Court-martial (April 23, 1864) for actions at the Battle of Gettysburg. Conviction overturned by Secretary of War Edwin Stanton Resigned December 29, 1864
Rucker, Daniel Henry	Major, USA (August, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (May 23, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Quartermaster General of the United States Army (1882)
Ruger, Thomas Howard	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (November 30, 1864)	USMA, 1854 Military Governor of Georgia (1868) Superintendent, USMA (1871–1876)
Russell, David Allen	Major, USA (1862) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA	USMA, 1845 KIA, Battle of Opequon (September 19, 1864)
Rutherford, Friend Smith	Colonel, USV (Sept. 1862) Brigadier general, USV (June 27, 1864)		Died from disease on June 20, 1864 after resigning his commission 5 days earlier. Brother to Bvt. Brigadiers George V. Rutherford and Reuben C. Rutherford.

S

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Salomon, Frederick (aka Salomon, Friedrich)	Brigadier general, USV (July 16, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Brother of Wisconsin Governor Edward Salomon
Sanborn, John Benjamin	Brigadier general, USV (August 4, 1863)	Major general, USV (February 10, 1865)
Sanders, William Price	Captain, USA (May 14, 1861) Colonel, USV (March 4, 1863)		USMA, 1856 Appointed brig. gen., USV (October 18, 1863), not confirmed by U.S. Senate. Listed as a "might have been" by Eicher, 2001, pp. 609-610 because not confirmed Warner, 1964, pp. 419-420 lists him as a brig. gen. DOW, Siege of Knoxville (w. November 18, 1863, d. November 19, 1863)
Saxton, Rufus	Captain, USA (May 13, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (April 15, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (April 9, 1865) Major general, USV (January 12, 1865)	USMA, 1849 MOH for defense of Harper's Ferry during Jackson's Valley Campaign (May 26–30, 1862)
Scammon, Eliakim Parker	Brigadier general, USV (October 15, 1862)		USMA, 1837
Schenck, Robert Cumming	Major general, USV (August 30, 1862)		Resigned December 5, 1863 U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1843–1851, 1863–1871) U.S. minister to Brazil (1851–1853) U.S. minister to the Court of St. James (1871–1876)
Schimmelfennig, Alexander	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Died of tuberculosis September 5, 1865
Schoepf, Albin Francisco	Brigadier general, USV (September 30, 1861)
Schofield, John McAllister	Brigadier general, USA (November 30, 1864) Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1853 MOH, Battle of Wilson's Creek (August 10, 1861) Secretary of War (1868–1869) Superintendent, USMA (1876–1881) General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1888–1895) Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1899–1903)
Schurz, Carl	Major general, USV (March 14, 1863)		Resigned May 6, 1865 U.S. minister to Spain (1861) U.S. Senator from Missouri (1869–1875) Secretary of the Interior (1877–1881)
Scott, Robert Kingston	Brigadier general, USV (January 12, 1865)	Major general, USV (December 5, 1865)	Governor of South Carolina (1868–1872)
Scott, Winfield	Major general, USA (June 25, 1841)	Lieutenant general, USA (March 29, 1847)	Retired November 1, 1861 General-in-Chief (1841–1861) Twice received the Congressional Gold Medal (November 3, 1814; March 9, 1848) Author of the Anaconda Plan
Sedgwick, John	Colonel, USA (April 25, 1861) Major general, USV (July 4, 1862)		USMA, 1837 KIA, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 9, 1864) Highest-ranked Union general KIA
Seward, William Henry, Jr.	Brigadier general, USV (September 13, 1864)		Resigned June 1, 1865 Son of Secretary of State William Henry Seward
Seymour, Truman	Captain, USA (November 22, 1860 Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1846
Shackelford, James Murrell	Brigadier general, USV (January 2, 1863)		Resigned January 18, 1864
Shaler, Alexander	Brigadier general, USV (May 26, 1863)	Major general, USV (July 27, 1863)	MOH, Second Battle of Fredericksburg (May 3, 1863)
Shepard, Isaac Fitzgerald	Brigadier general, USV (October 27, 1863)		Not confirmed; appointment expired July 4, 1864
Shepley, George Foster	Brigadier general, USV (July 18, 1862)		Resigned July 1, 1865 Military Governor of Louisiana (1862–1864)
Sheridan, Philip Henry	Major general, USA (November 8, 1864)		USMA, 1853 Received the Thanks of Congress (February 9, 1865) General-in-Chief (1883–1888) Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1886–1888)
Sherman, Francis Trowbridge	Brigadier general, USV (July 21, 1865)
Sherman, Thomas West	Lieutenant colonel, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1836
Sherman, William Tecumseh	Major general, USA (August 12, 1864)		USMA, 1841 Twice received the Thanks of Congress (February 19, 1864; January 19, 1865) General-in-Chief (1869–1883)
Shields, James	Brigadier general, USV (August 19, 1861)		Resigned March 28, 1863 U.S. Senator from Illinois (1849–1855) U.S. Senator from Minnesota (1858–1859) U.S. Senator from Missouri (1879)
Sibley, Henry Hastings	Brigadier general, USV (March 20, 1863)	Major general, USV (November 29, 1865)	Original appointment as brig. gen., USV (September 29, 1862) expired March 4, 1863 Congressional Delegate from the Wisconsin Territory (1848–1849) Congressional Delegate from the Minnesota Territory (1849–1853) 1st Governor of Minnesota (1858–1860)
Sickles, Daniel Edgar	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		MOH, Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863) U.S. Congressman from New York (1857–1861, 1893–1895) U.S. minister to Spain (1869–1874)
Sigel, Franz	Major general, USV (March 21, 1862)		Resigned May 4, 1865
Sill, Joshua Woodrow	Brigadier general, USV (July 16, 1862)		USMA, 1853 KIA, Battle of Stones River (December 31, 1862)
Slack, James Richard	Brigadier general, USV (November 10, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Slemmer, Adam Jacoby	Lieutenant colonel, USA (February 8, 1864) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1850
Slocum, Henry Warner	Major general, USV (July 4, 1862)		USMA, 1852 Resigned September 28, 1865 U.S. Congressman from New York (1869–1973, 1883–1885)
Slough, John Potts	Brigadier general, USV (August 25, 1862)
Smith, Andrew Jackson	Lieutenant colonel, USA *May 9, 1864) Major general, USV (May 12, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1838
Smith, Charles Ferguson	Colonel, USA (September 9, 1861) Major general, USV (March 21, 1862)		USMA, 1825 Died from infection April 25, 1862
Smith, Giles Alexander	Major general, USV (November 24, 1865)		Brother of Morgan Lewis Smith Last Major General of volunteers by seniority
Smith, Green Clay	Brigadier general, USV (June 11, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned December 4, 1863 U.S. Congressman from Kentucky (1863–1866) Territorial Governor of Montana (1866–1869)
Smith, Gustavus Adolphus	Brigadier general, USV (September 19, 1862)	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Not confirmed; appointment expired March 4, 1863
Smith, John Eugene	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (January 12, 1865)
Smith, Morgan Lewis (aka Sanford, Martin L.)	Brigadier general, USV (July 16, 1862)		Resigned July 12, 1865 Brother of Giles Alexander Smith
Smith, Thomas Church Haskell	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)
Smith, Thomas Kilby	Brigadier general, USV (August 11, 1863)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Smith, William Farrar	Major (March 3, 1863) Major general, USV (March 9, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1845 Original appointment as major general, USV (July 4, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
Smith, William Sooy	Brigadier general, USV (April 15, 1862)		Resigned July 15, 1864
Smyth, Thomas Alfred	Brigadier general, USV (October 1, 1864)	Major general, USV (April 7, 1865)	DOW, Battle of Cumberland Church (w. April 7, 1865, d. April 9, 1865) Last Union general killed during the war
Spears, James Gallant	Brigadier general, USV (March 5, 1862)		Arrested February 6, 1864 for insubordination; Court-martialed and dismissed from service August 30, 1864
Spinola, Francis Barretto	Brigadier general, USV (October 1, 1862)		Resigned June 8, 1865 U.S. Congressman from New York (1887–1893)
Sprague, John Wilson	Brigadier general, USV (July 30, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	MOH, Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864)
Stahel, Julius (b. Stahel-Számwald, Julius H.)	Major general, USV (March 14, 1863)		MOH, Battle of Piedmont (June 5, 1864) Resigned February 8, 1865
Stanley, David Sloane	Major, USA (December 1, 1863) Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1852 MOH, Battle of Franklin (November 30, 1864)
Stannard, George Jerrison	Brigadier general, USV (March 11, 1863)	Major general, USV (October 28, 1864)
Starkweather, John Converse	Brigadier general, USV (July 17, 1863)		Resigned May 11, 1865
Stedman, Griffin Alexander, Jr.	Colonel, USV (September 17, 1862)	Brigadier general, USV August 5, 1864	DOW, Siege of Petersburg (w. August 5, 1864, d. August 6, 1864)
Steedman, James Blair	Major general, USV (April 20, 1864)
Steele, Frederick	Lieutenant Colonel (August 26, 1863) Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1843
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls	Major general, USV (July 4, 1862)		USMA, 1839 KIA, Battle of Chantilly (September 1, 1862) Territorial Governor of Washington (1853–1857) Congressional Delegate for the Washington Territory (1857–1861) Father of Hazard Stevens
Stevenson, John Dunlap	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned April 22, 1864 Reappointed brigadier general, USV August 7, 1864
Stevenson, Thomas Greely	Brigadier general, USV (March 14, 1863)		KIA, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House (May 10, 1864) Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (December 24, 1862) expired March 4, 1863
Stokes, James Hughes	Brigadier general, USV (July 20, 1865)		USMA, 1835; postwar appointment but listed by Eicher and Warner
Stolbrand, Charles John (b. Möller, Carl Johan; later: Ståhlbrand, Carl Johan)	Brigadier general, USV (February 18, 1865)
Stone, Charles Pomeroy	Colonel, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)		USMA, 1845 Mustered out of volunteer service April 4, 1864 Resigned September 13, 1864
Stoneman, George	Lieutenant colonel, USA (March 30, 1864) Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1846 Governor of California (1883–1887)
Stoughton, Edwin Henry	Brigadier general, USV (November 5, 1862)		USMA, 1859 Not confirmed, appointment expired March 4, 1863 Captured by John S. Mosby
Strong, George Crockett	Captain, USA (March 3, 1863) Major general, USV (July 18, 1863)		USMA, 1857 DOW, Second Battle of Fort Wagner (w. July 18, 1863, d. July 30, 1863)
Strong, William Kerley	Brigadier general, USV (September 28, 1861)		Appointed brig. gen., USV by President Abraham Lincoln, September 28, 1861 Command of Benton Barracks, Districts of Cairo and St Louis. Resigned his commission on October 20, 1863.
Stuart, David	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Not confirmed, appointment expired March 4, 1863 Resigned April 3, 1863 U.S. Congressman from Michigan (1853–1855)
Sturgis, Samuel Davis	Lieutenant colonel, USA (October 27, 1863) Brigadier general, USV (October 10, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1846
Sullivan, Jeremiah Cutler	Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)
Sully, Alfred	Major, USA (March 15, 1862) Brigadier general, USV (September 26, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 8, 1865)	USMA, 1841
Sumner, Edwin Vose	Brigadier general, USA (March 16, 1861) Major general, USV (July 4, 1862)	Major general, USA (May 31, 1862)	Died of a heart attack March 21, 1863
Swayne, Wager	Major general, USV (June 20, 1865)		MOH, Second Battle of Corinth (October 4, 1862) Last Major General of volunteers appointed (May 1, 1866) Son of Supreme Court Justice Noah Haynes Swayne
Sweeny, Thomas William	Major, USA (October 20, 1863) Brigadier General USV (November 29, 1862)
Sykes, George	Lieutenant colonel, USA (October 16, 1863) Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1838

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Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Taylor, George William	Brigadier general, USV (May 9, 1862)		DOW, Bull Run Bridge (w. August 27, 1862, d. September 1, 1862)
Taylor, Joseph Pannell	Brigadier general, USA (February 9, 1863)		Commissary General of the Army (1861–1864) Died June 29, 1864 Brother of President Zachary Taylor Uncle of generals Richard Taylor, CSA and David Rumph Jones, CSA Father of John McLean Taylor Father-in-law of Albert Gallatin Lawrence
Taylor, Nelson	Brigadier general, USV (September 7, 1862)		Resigned January 19, 1863 Appointment withdrawn February 12, 1865 Warner lists; Eicher lists as "might have been" U.S. Congressman from New York (1865–1867)
Terrill, William R.	Captain, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (September 9, 1862)		USMA, 1853 KIA, Battle of Perryville (October 8, 1862) Brother of Confederate general James Barbour Terrill
Terry, Alfred Howe	Brigadier general, USA (January 15, 1865) Major general, USV (January 16, 1865)		Received the Thanks of Congress (January 24, 1865)
Terry, Henry Dwight	Brigadier general, USV (July 17, 1862)		Resigned February 7, 1865
Thayer, John Milton	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1863)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Original appointment as brig. gen. USV expired March 4, 1863 Territorial Governor of Wyoming (1875–1878) Governor of Nebraska (1887–1891). Remained in office until February 8, 1892, claiming successor was not a U.S. citizen
Thayer, Sylvanus	Colonel, USA	Brigadier general, USA (May 31, 1863)	Retired June 1, 1863 Superintendent, USMA (1817–1833) Longest-serving West Point superintendent Oldest officer brevetted brigadier general
Thomas, George Henry	Major general, USA (January 16, 1865)		USMA, 1840 Received the Thanks of Congress (March 3, 1865)
Thomas, Henry Goddard	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (November 30, 1864)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Thomas, Lorenzo	Brigadier general, USA (August 3, 1861)	Major general, USA March 13, 1865	USMA, 1823 Adjutant General of the Army (1861–1869)
Thomas, Stephen	Brigadier general, USV (February 1, 1865)		MOH, Battle of Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864) Mustered out as colonel, USV (January 21, 1865)
Thruston, Charles Mynn	Brigadier general, USV (September 7, 1861)		USMA, 1814 Not confirmed, appointment withdrawn at own request, February 27, 1862. Resigned April 17, 1862
Tibbits, William B.	Brigadier general, USV (October 18, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Tillson, Davis	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA (class of 1853); left due to amputation of leg, 1851
Todd, John Blair Smith	Brigadier general, USV (September 19, 1861)		USMA, 1837 Appointment as brig. gen., USV expired June 17, 1862 Delegate to Congress for Dakota Territory (1861–1863, 1864–1865) Cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln
Torbert, Alfred Thomas Archimedes	Captain, USA (September 25, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1855 Also nominated, confirmed as 1st lt., CSA refused appointment
Totten, Joseph Gilbert	Brigadier general, USA (March 3, 1863)	Major general, USA (1864)	USMA, 1805 (tenth graduate of West Point) Chief of Engineers (1838–1864) Died of pneumonia (April 22, 1864)
Tower, Zealous Bates	Lieutenant colonel, USA (November, 1865) Brigadier general, USV (November 23, 1861)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1841 Superintendent, USMA (July, 1864-September, 1864)
Turchin, John Basil (b. Turchaninov, Ivan Vasilyevich)	Brigadier general, USV (July 17, 1862)		Resigned October 4, 1864 Only general officer on either side from Russia
Turner, John Wesley	Colonel, USA Brigadier general, USV (September 7, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (1864)	USMA, 1855
Tuttle, James Madison	Brigadier general, USV (June 9, 1862)		Resigned June 14, 1864
Tyler, Daniel	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1862)		Resigned April 6, 1864 Uncle of Robert Ogden Tyler
Tyler, Erastus B.	Brigadier general, USV (May 14, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Tyler, Robert Ogden	Major, USA Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (1864) Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1853 Nephew of Daniel Tyler
Tyndale, Hector (b. Tyndale, George Hector)	Brigadier general, USV (April 9, 1863)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned August 26, 1864

U

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Ullmann, Daniel	Brigadier general, USV (January 13, 1863)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Underwood, Adin Ballou	Brigadier general, USV (November 6, 1863)	Major general, USV (August, 1865)
Upton, Emory	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (May 12, 1864)	Major general, USA Major general, USV	USMA, 1861 Superintendent, USMA (1870–1875) One of only two general officers ever promoted on the field by General Grant

V

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Van Alen, James Henry	Brigadier general, USV (April 15, 1862)		Resigned July 14, 1863
Van Cleve, Horatio Phillips	Brigadier general, USV (March 21, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1831
Van Derveer, Ferdinand	Brigadier general, USV (October 4, 1864)		Resigned June 7, 1865
Van Vliet, Stewart	Major, USA (August, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Brigadier general, USA (October, 1864) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1840 Earlier appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 23, 1861) expired July 17, 1862
Van Wyck, Charles H.	Brigadier general, USV (September 27, 1865)		U.S. Congressman from New York (1859–1863, 1867–1871) U.S. Senator from Nebraska (1881–1887)
Vandever, William	Brigadier General (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (June, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from Iowa (1859–1861) U.S. Congressman from California (1887–1891)
Veatch, James C.	Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)	Major general, USV (1865)
Viele, Egbert Ludovicus	Brigadier general, USV (August 17, 1861)		USMA, 1847 Resigned October 23., 1863 U.S. Congressman from New York (1885–1887)
Vincent, Strong	Brigadier general, USV (July 3, 1863)		DOW, Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863, d. July 7, 1863)
Vinton, Francis Laurens	Captain, USA (October, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1863)		USMA, 1856 Earlier appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 19, 1862) expired March 4, 1863 Resigned May 5, 1863
Vogdes, Israel	Colonel, USA (1863) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA	USMA, 1837
Von Steinwehr, Adolph Wilhelm August Friedrich, Baron	Brigadier general, USV (October 12, 1861)	Eicher lists as "Steinwehr"	Resigned July 3, 1865

W

Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
Wade, Melancthon Smith	Brigadier general, USV (October 1, 1861)		Not confirmed, nomination rejected March 13, 1862 Warner includes as "mustered in" Eicher mentions nomination rejection Resigned March 18, 1862
Wadsworth, James Samuel	Brigadier general, USV (August 9, 1861)	Major general, USV (May 6, 1864)	Full promotion to Major general, USV (May 5, 1864) posthumously revoked, brevet substituted DOW, Battle of the Wilderness (w. May 6, 1864, d. May 8, 1864)
Wagner, George Day	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Relieved of duty at his own request, December 4, 1864 Mustered out August 24, 1865
Walcutt, Charles C.	Brigadier general, USV (June 30, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Wallace, Lewis "Lew"	Major general, USV (March 21, 1862)		Commissioner on Lincoln assassination trial Territorial Governor of New Mexico (1878–1881) U.S. minister to the Ottoman Empire (1881–1885)
Wallace, William Harvey Lamme	Brigadier general, USV (March 21, 1862)		DOW, Battle of Shiloh (w. April 7, 1862, d. April 10, 1862)
Ward, John Henry Hobart	Brigadier general, USV (October 4, 1862)		Relieved May 12, 1864 Mustered out June 18, 1864
Ward, William Thomas	Brigadier general, USV (September 18, 1861)	Major general, USV (February 24, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from Kentucky (1851–1853)
Warner, James Meech	Captain, USA (October 8, 1864) Brigadier general, USV (May 8, 1865)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1860
Warren, Fitz Henry	Brigadier general, USV (July 16, 1862)	Major general, USV (August 24, 1865)	U.S. minister to Guatemala (1866–1869)
Warren, Gouverneur Kemble	Major, USA Major general, USV (May 3, 1863)		USMA, 1850 Resigned volunteer commission May 27, 1865
Washburn, Cadwallader Colden	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)		U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin (1855–1861, 1867–1871) Governor of Wisconsin (1871–1873) Brother of Illinois Congressman Elihu Benjamin Washburne
Washburn, Francis	Colonel, USV	Brigadier general, USV (April 6, 1865)	DOW, Battle of High Bridge (w. April 6, 1865, d. April 22, 1865)
Watkins, Louis Douglass	Captain, USA (July, 1862) Brigadier general, USV (September 25, 1865)		Son-in-law of Lovell Harrison Rousseau
Webb, Alexander Stewart	Brigadier general, USV (June 23, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (August 1, 1864)	MOH, Battle of Gettysburg (July 3, 1863) USMA, 1855
Weber, Max (aka Von Weber, Max)	Brigadier general, USV (April 28, 1862)		Resigned May 13, 1865
Webster, Joseph Dana	Major, USA (July 1, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Weed, Stephen Hinsdale	Captain, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (June 6, 1863)		USMA, 1854 KIA, Battle of Gettysburg appointed, not confirmed Warner lists, Eicher lists as "might have been"
Weitzel, Godfrey	Captain, USA Major general, USV (November 17, 1864)		USMA, 1855
Wells, William	Brigadier general, USV (May 19, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
Welsh, Thomas	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1863)		Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862) expired March 4, 1863 Died of malaria, August 14, 1863
Wessells, Henry Walton	Colonel, USA (1865) Brigadier general, USV (April 25, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA	USMA, 1833
West, Joseph Rodman	Brigadier general, USV (October 25, 1862)	Major general, USV (January 4, 1866)	U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1871–1877)
Wheaton, Frank	First Lieutenant, USA (1855) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USA Major general, USV	Son-in-law of Adjutant General Samuel Cooper, CSA
Whipple, Amiel Weeks	Major general, USV (May 3, 1863)	Major general, USA (May 7, 1863)	USMA, 1841 DOW, Battle of Chancellorsville (w. May 4, 1863, d. May 7, 1863)
Whipple, William Denison	Colonel, USA Brigadier general, USV (July 17, 1863)	Major general, USA	USMA, 1851
Whitaker, Walter Chiles	Brigadier general, USV (June 25, 1863)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)
White, Julius	Brigadier general, USV (June 9, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Resigned November 19, 1864
Wild, Edward Augustus	Brigadier general, USV (April 24, 1863)
Willcox, Orlando Bolivar	Brigadier general, USV (July 21, 1861)	Major general, USA Major general, USV	MOH First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861) USMA, 1847
Williams, Alpheus Starkey	Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)	Major general, USV (January 12, 1866)	U.S. Congressman from Michigan (1875–1879)
Williams, David Henry	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Not confirmed, appointment expired March 4, 1863
Williams, Nelson Grosvenor	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		USMA (class of 1843), withdrew July, 1840 Resigned November 27, 1862 Appointment after resignation "Negated" by U.S. Senate March 9, 1863
Williams, Seth	Lieutenant colonel, USA (July 7, 1862) Brigadier general, USV (September 23, 1861)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1842
Williams, Thomas	Major, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (September 28, 1861)		USMA, 1837 KIA, Battle of Baton Rouge (August 5, 1862)
Williamson, James Alexander	Brigadier general, USV (January 13, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	MOH, Battle of Chickasaw Bayou (December 29, 1862)
Willich, August (b. Von Willich, August)	Brigadier general, USV (July 17, 1862)	Major general, USV (October 21, 1865)
Wilson, James Harrison	First Lieutenant, USA (1861) Major general, USV (May 6, 1865)	Major general, USA	USMA, 1860
Wistar, Isaac Jones	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)		Resigned September 15, 1864
Wood, Thomas John	Colonel, USA (1861) Major general, USV (January 27, 1865)		USMA, 1845
Woodbury, Daniel Phineas	Lieutenant colonel, USA (1861) Brigadier general, USV (March 19, 1862)	Major general, USA (August 15, 1864)	USMA, 1836 Died of yellow fever (August 15, 1864)
Woods, Charles Robert	Captain (April 1, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (August 4, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865) Major general, USV (November 22, 1864)	USMA, 1852 Brother of William Burnham Woods Brother-in-law of Willard Warner
Woods, William Burnham	Brigadier general, USV (May 31, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1880–1887) Brother of Charles Robert Woods Brother-in-law of Willard Warner
Wool, John Ellis	Major general, USA (May 16, 1862)		Retired August 1, 1863 Oldest Civil War general in active service (b. February 29, 1784)
Wright, George	Colonel, USA (1855) Brigadier general, USV (September 28, 1861)		USMA, 1822 Died in the wreck of the steamer Brother Jonathan (June 30, 1865)
Wright, Horatio Gouverneur	Major, USA (August, 1861) Major general, USV (May 12, 1864)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1841 Original appointment as major general, USV (July 18, 1862) expired March 4, 1863

Y

Image	Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes

Z

Image	Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes
	Zook, Samuel Kosciuszko	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (July 3, 1863)	DOW, Battle of Gettysburg (July 2, 1863, d. July 3, 1863)

Notes

^ Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1 p. 31.
^ ^a ^b 2001, p. xix.
^ ^a ^b Eicher, 2001, p. 34.
^ ^a ^b Hunt, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown, Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. ISBN 978-1-56013-002-4. p. xiii.
^ Eicher, 2001, p. 113
^ Eicher, 2001, p. 702.
^ Eicher, 2001, p. 719. But listed as Brig. Gen. by Eicher and Warner.
^ Ranked April 15, 1861; Eicher 2001, p. 763.

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[1] Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1 p. 31.

[Eicherxix-2] 2001, p. xix.

[Eicher34-3] Eicher, 2001, p. 34.

[Huntxiii-4] Hunt, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown, Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. ISBN 978-1-56013-002-4. p. xiii.

[5] Eicher, 2001, p. 113

[6] Eicher, 2001, p. 702.

[7] Eicher, 2001, p. 719. But listed as Brig. Gen. by Eicher and Warner.

[8] Ranked April 15, 1861; Eicher 2001, p. 763.

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