Charles Mallet Prevost: Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A pre-Civil War lawyer and United States Marshall in the Wisconsin Territory, he was a Captain in the 1st Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia (known as the "Gray Reserves") when the conflict began. He fought at Antietam and was wounded soon after in battle at Shepardstown, (West) Virginia and returned to command at Chancellorsville. After the War he became an insurance agent and a Major General in the Pennsylvania National Guard. He died in Philadelphia on Nov. 5, 1887.William Brisbane: Civil War Union Army Officer. Served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 49th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, being mustered in on July 31, 1861. He led his regiment during the September 1862 Battle of Antietam, and resigned his commission on Oct. 15, 1862. In the summer 1863 Gettysburg Campaign he commanded a brigade of Pennsylvania Emergency Militia. He died in Philadelphia on Feb. 7, 1880 at the age of 56.William Sergeant: Civil War Union Army Officer. Born in Philadelphia on Aug. 29, 1829. Served in the Civil War as a Captain and commander of Company F, 12th United States Regular Infantry, fighting in the Peninsular Campaign, the 2nd Battle of Bull Run and Antietam. Late in the Civil War he was appointed as Colonel and commander of the 210th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was mortally wounded at Gravely Run, Virginia during the Army of the Potomac's final push onto the trenches of Petersburg Virginia on March 31, 1865 and died 11 days later while on a hospital ship enroute from City Point Virginia, to Washington, DC. He was just Oliver Blatchy Knowles: Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Entered the Civil War as a Private in the 1st New York Volunteer Cavalry. Participated in cavalry battles of Pohick Station, the Peninsular Campaign, the Antietam Campaign and in the Shenandoah Valley. By April 1863 he had been promoted 1st Lieutenant. At this rank he commanded troops in the Gettysburg Campaign. In 1864 he was promoted to Major, then Colonel and commander of the 21st Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry. While commanding this regiment, he fought in the Battle of Spotsylvania, the siege of Petersburg and in the last Campaign of Appomattox. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services". He died at age 25 of cholera on Dec. 5, 1866.St. Clair Augustine Mulholland (Born April 1, 1839 – Died February 17, 1910) was a brevet major general in the Union Army in the Civil War who later received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action. He fought at Antietam and was later wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg and served and fought at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Battle of the Wilderness. He died on Feb. 17, 1910 at the age of 70.William Davis: Born in Ireland. Civil War Union Army Officer. He entered the Union Army as a Private in Company H, 19th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Served later as Captain with 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned to command Company K. He participated in Battles of Fair Oaks, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, Antietam and Fredericksburg. Gettysburg, Battle of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor and the Siege of Petersburg. He received a promotion to Lieutenant Colonel on July 4, 1864. At little over a month later he was wounded in the right knee at the August 25, 1864 Battle of Ream's Station. He died at Philadelphia on Dec. 19, 1883 at the age of 50.George Gile: Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Commissioned in the Civil War as a 1st Lieutenant in the 22nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was then commissioned in the 88th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, eventually becoming its Colonel and commander. He was severely wounded in the leg during the Battle of Antietam. Upon partial recovery of his injury he was commissioned into the Veterans Reserve Corps as Colonel and commander of the 9th VRC. He was stationed in the defenses of Washington, DC, eventually commanding a brigade of the VRC. During the July 1864 Confederate strike against Washington, he led his brigade in the repulse of the attacking Rebels on the Nation's Capital. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on May 6, 1865. Joshua Thomas Owen: Owen entered the Civil War as the commander of the nine-month 25th Pennsylvania Infantry. When that unit was discharged, he took command of the 69th Pennsylvania Infantry, a predominantly Irish regiment that was part of the Philadelphia Brigade. He rose to the command of the Philadelphia Brigade in the II Corps, Army of the Potomac. He led the brigade at Chancellorsville, where it performed barely any service. Owen was arrested and relieved of brigade command for reasons unknown. He later commanded at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor, where he failed to support another brigade in the famed assault. He was arrested by Maj. Gen. John Gibbon on the charges of cowardice and was discharged from the army. Samuel Cole Wright: Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Enlisted in the 29th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in as a Private in Company E on May 22, 1861. He would go on to perform heroically at the September 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam, Maryland, and would be awarded the CMOH for is brave actions there. His citation reads "Voluntarily advanced under a destructive fire and removed a fence which would have impeded a contemplated charge." Already wounded once during the Seven Days battles in June 1862, again wounded at Antietam, this time in the knee. He refused to leave the field upon the orders of superior officers, and remained with his unit despite his wounds. Upon recovering, he survived typhus in June 1863, and being run down by a team of horses in October 1863. During the 1864 Overland Campaign, he was wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, and at the July 30, 1864 Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, Virginia. In the latter battle he was shot through the right eye, and was left for dead. His recovery from that wound took 18 months, and he was discharged on February 3, 1865 at the rank of Sergeant. After the war he served as a Justice of the Peace, and as as United States Customs agent. His Medal was awarded to him on January 29, 1896, thirty three years after his brave actRobert Francis Catterson: Born on March 22 1835 in Indiana and died March 30, 1914 at San Antonio, Texas. Occupation was a doctor. Served in the Civil War from June 1861 as Sergeant in 14th Indiana, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Kernstown, Captain, Lieutenant Colonel of 97th Indiana, November 1862 Colonel, Memphis, Vicksburg campaign, Tullahoma, Chattanooga, Atlanta campaign, March to the Sea, commanded 2nd Brigade/1st Division/XV Corps in Carolinas campaign, Bentonville, May 1865 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers. After the War he worked as a cotton speculator, commander of Negro militia which fought the Ku Klux Klan, US marshal and mayor.Major General George Leonard Andrews: Born Aug 31, 1828, Bridgewater, Massachusetts and died April 4, 1899 at Brookline, Massachusetts. Graduated West Point in 1851 (1st in his class), engineer duty, assistant professor at West Point, resigned US Army 1855. Served in the Civil War from May 1861 as Lieutenant Colonel in 2nd Massachusetts, June 1862 Colonel, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, November 1862 appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers, chief of staff to Banks in Louisiana, Port Hudson, commanded a Dist. near Baton Rouge, organized Negro troops. Received brevet promotion to Major General U.S.V. March 26, 1865. He later served as a US marshal and professor at West Point.John P. Murphy: Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Attorney, Judge. A native of Ireland. enlisted for three months service with the 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was mustered into Company K as a Private. He reenlisted for three years service on June 19, 1861 and participated in major engagements at the Battles of Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, and the second Battle of Bull Run. At the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, he fought with distinction, captured the flag of a Confederate Regiment, and was severely wounded. For this act of bravery, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. He died in Ohio on Jan. 1, 1911.Total of 12 death records copies provide much interesting information about each survivor including date and place of birth and death, residence, occupation at time of death, place of burial and cause of death and much more. Please see the example pic for a good idea of info you can expect to glean from these amazing research items.
