GENERAL ORDERS No. 91. WAR DEPARTMENT, Appointments by Brevet in the Volunteer Force, Army of the United States, made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and by the President alone, from April 20, to September 30, 1867. Those made by the President alone are designated by a star (*): TO BE MAJOR GENERALS BY BREVET. Napoleon B. Buford, late Brigadier General of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Brigadier General Nelson Cross, late Colonel of the Sixtyseventh New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Brigadier General Henry R. Guss, late Colorel of the Ninetyseventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, for meritorious services in the field during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Brigadier General Charles W. Hill, late Colonel of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Brigadier General Elisha G. Marshall, late Colonel of the Fourteenth New York Heavy Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Brigadier General Edwin S. McCook, late Colonel of the Thirty-first Illinois Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Brigadier General Marshall F. Moore, late Colonel of the Sixty-ninth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Brigadier General Lewis M. Peck, late Colonel of the One Hundred and Seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Brigadier General Benjamin P. Runkle, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Veteran Reserve Corps, for meritorious services, to date from November 9, 1865. * Brevet Brigadier General John P. C. Shanks, late Colonel of the Seventh Indiana Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Brigadier General Horatio G. Sickel, late Colonel of the One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. * S. K. Zook, late Brigadier General of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, (where killed,) to date from July 2, 1863. TO BE BRIGADIER GENERALS BY BREVET. Brevet Colonel Charles P. Baldwin, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Eleventh Maine Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia, April 1, 1865, to date from April 1, 1865. B. Griffin Barney, late Colonel of the Second Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery, for gallant and meritorious services in the several actions in front of Petersburg, Virginia, and especially for courage and daring in the assault on the enemy's works, July 30, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865. * Lewis T. Barney, late Colonel of the One Hundred and Sixth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. William B. Barton, late Colonel of the Forty-eighth New York Volunteers, for gallant conduct at the assault on Fort Wayne, South Carolina, July 18, 1863, and for meritorious services generally, to date from March 13, 1865. E. N. Bates, late Colonel of the Eightieth Illinois Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865. J. Warren Bell, late Colonel of the Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Colonel Richard C. Bentley, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Sixty-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. * Brevet Colonel H. H. Bingham, late Major and Judge Advocate, United States Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry and meritorious services during the war, to date from April 9, 1865. Brevet Colonel Moses R. Brailey, late Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, to date from March 13, 1865. John S. Cavender, late Colonel of the First Missouri Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at Donaldson and Shiloh, to date from March 13, 1865. * Brevet Colonel Arthur R. Curtis, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. William H. Dickey, late Colonel of the Eighty-fourth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and efficient services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Colonel J. Eugene Duryée, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Maryland Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Colonel George R. Elstner, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Fiftieth Ohio Volunteers, for meritorious conduct, and especially for gallantry before Atlanta, Georgia, on the 8th of August, 1864, where killed, to date from August 8, 1864. Brevet Colonel William Goddard, late Major of the First Rhode Island Infantry, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Colonel William N. Green, jr., late Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and Seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, and especially at the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864, where mortally wounded, to date from April 9, 1864. James Grindlay, late Colonel of the One Hundred and Forty-sixth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Henry R. Guss, late Colonel of the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865. * Brevet Colonel Philip C. Hayes, late Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and Third Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Charles W. Hill, late Colonel of the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865. * Brevet Colonel Mellen T. Holbrook, late Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and Seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct at Cane River Crossing, Louisiana, to date from March 13, 1865. * John G. Hudson, late Colonel of the Sixtieth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Helena, Arkansas, July 4, 1863, to date from March 13, 1865. * Dwight Jarvis, late Colonel of the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865. Henry G. Kennett, late Colonel of the Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865. * John W. Kimball, late Colonel of the Fifty-third Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and distinguished services in the field during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Oliver B. Knowles, late Colonel of the Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Colonel John M. Lindley, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Nineteenth Indiana Volunteers, for gallantry and good conduct at the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Colonel Luke Lyman, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Twentyseventh Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. *Norman J. Maxwell, late Colonel of the One Hundred and Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from April 18, 1865. *Lafayette McCrillis, late Colonel of the Third Illinois Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the field during the rebellion, to date from September 4, 1864. Brevet Colonel Jolin Messer, late Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and First Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, to date from March 13, 1865. * Madison Miller, late Colonel of the Eighteenth Missouri Volunteers, for gallant services, to date from March 13, 1865. *Turner G. Morehead, late Colonel of the One Hundred and Sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date rom March 13, 1865. Nathaniel Niles late Colonel of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Illinois Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865 Brevet Colonel Henry Lyman Patten, late Major of the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallantry and good conduct at the battle of Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 17, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865. George L. Prescott, late Colonel of the Thirty-second Massachusetts Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services while leading his regi ment in an assault on the rebel works in front of Petersburg, Virginia, June 18, 1864, to date from June 18, 1864. * Brevet Colonel R. C. Rutherford, late Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Quartermaster's Department, to date from March 13, 1865. William H. P. Steere, late Colonel of the Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865. * Brevet Colonel Robert Thompson, late Lieutenant Colonel of the One Hundred and Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for meritorious services during the rebellion, to date from March 13, 1865. * Brevet Colonel David B. White, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Eighty-first New York Volunteers, for meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. TO BE COLONELS BY BREVET. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel G. N. Abeel, late Major of the Thirty-fourth New Jersey Volunteers, for meritorious services with his regiment from November, 1863, to January, 1865, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Adams, late Major of the First Vermont Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services in the field, to date from March 13, 1865. Charles P. Baldwin, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Eleventh Maine Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Deep Bottom, Virginia, August 14, 1864, to date from March 13, 1865. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Horatio N. Benjamin, late Major of the One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Ohio Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865. Richard C. Bentley, late Lieutenant Colonel of the Sixty-third New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865. * Brevet Lieutenant Colonel H. H. Bingham, late Major and Judge Advocate, United States Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry and meritorious services during the war, to date from April 9, 1865. * Brevet Lieutenant Colonel George Blagden, late Major of the Second |