Major Thomas J. Cram, of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, to Brevet Major-Gen. Wool, commanding the army of Southeastern Virginia, Sept. 25, 1861. Major Henry J. Hunt, of the Fifth Artillery ...

Although he received a posthumous brevet promotion to lieutenant colonel for his service at the Battle of Gettysburg, on July 1, 1863, no award was awarded to Cushing for his efforts during that ...

After leaving Harvard, Major Higginson served as a volunteer in the Civil War, becoming major and brevet lieutenant-colonel of the 1st Massachusetts cavalry. He was severely wounded at Aldie ...