Cavalry comparison...

Union Brevet Generals -- please be patient as there are tons of Brevet Generals, as many were ranked that way around March 13, 1865 as a 'atta boy/thanks' at the end of the war. I'll be going through manually, as I haven't plucked these guys out for their 'military arm association, e.g. Cavalry, Artillery, Infantry, etc.

Acker, George Sigourney - Col., 9th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Adams, Alonzo W. - Col., 1st Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Adams, Charles Francis Jr. - Col., 5th (Colored) Regt. Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Adams, Charles Powell - Lt. Col., 1st Regt. (Hatch's Bn) Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Alger, Russell Alexander - Col., 5th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. June 11 1865, Brevet Maj. Gen. U.S.V. June 11 1865

Avery, Matthew Henry - Col., 10th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

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Bell, Joseph Warren - Col., 13th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Benjamin, William Henry - Lt. Col., 8th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Bentley, Robert Henry - Lt. Col., 12th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Beveridge, John Lourie - Col., 17th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 7 1865

Biddle, James - Col., 6th Regt. Indiana Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Blair, Charles White - Col., 14th Regt. Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. February 13 1865

Blake, George Alexander Hamilton - Col., 1st Regt. U.S. Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.A. March 13 1865

Blakeslee, Erastus - Col., 1st Regt. Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Brodhead, Thornton F. - Col., 1st Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. August 30 1862

Brown, Simeon Batcheldor - Col., 11th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Browne, Thomas McLellan - Col., 7th Regt. Indiana Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Brownlow, James P. - 1st Regt. Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Butler, Thomas Harvey - Col., 5th Regt. Indiana Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Byrne, James J. - 18th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865, Brevet Maj. Gen. March 13 1865



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Cameron, Hugh - Lt. Col., 2nd Regt. Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Capehart, Henry - Col., 1st Regt. West Virginia Cavalry Volunteers
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865, Brevet Maj. Gen. U.S.V. June 17 1865
Medal of Honor Citation

Capron, Horace - Col., 14th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Carnahan, Robert Huston - Col., 3rd Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. October 28 1865

Chamberlain, Samuel Emery - Lt. Col., 1st Regt Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. February 24 1865

Chickering, Thomas Edward - Col., 3rd Regt Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Cilley, Jonathan Prince - Lt. Col., 1st Regt. Maine Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. June 12 1865

Clendenin, David Ramsay - Lt. Col., 8th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. July 11 1865

Congdon, James A. - Lt. Col., 12th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Cooke, Edwin Francis - Maj., 2nd Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Coon, Datus Ensign - Col., 2nd Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 8 1865

Cramer, Francis L. - Maj., 1st Regt. Alabama Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Crowninshield, Caspar - Col., 2nd Regt Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Cummings, Alexander - Col., 19th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. April 19 1865

Curtis, Greely S. - Lt. Col., 1st Regt Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865


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Davis, Hasbrouk - Col., 12th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Deems, James Monroe - Lt. Col., 1st Regt. Maryland Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Doster, William Emile - Lt. Col., 4th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Dox, Hamilton Bogart - Lt. Col., 12th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. May 29 1865 or 1866 (writing was hard to read)

Duncan, Thomas - Maj., 3rd Regt. U.S. Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.A. March 13 1865

Eggleston, Beroth B. - Col., 1st Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Erskine, Albert - Col., 13th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Evans, George Spafford - Col., 2nd Regt. California Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Fitz Simmons, Charles - Lt. Col., 21st Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Fitzhugh, Charles Lane - Col., 6th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865, Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.A. March 13 1865

Fleming, Rufus Edward - Lt. Col., 6th Regt. West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
March 13 1865

Ford, James Hobart - Col., 2nd Regt. Colorado Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. December 10 1864

Forsyth, George Alexander - Maj., 8th Regt. IllinoisÝVolunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Funke, Otto - Lt. Col., 11th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

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Gansevoort, Henry Sanford - Col., 13th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. June 24 1865

Garrard, Israel - Col., 7th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. June 20 1865

Garrard, Jeptha - Col., 1st Regt. U.S. Colored Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Gilbert, Samuel Augustus - Col., 8th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Gregg, John Irvin - Col., 16th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. August 1 1864, Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.A. March 13 1865, Brevet Maj. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Grier, William Nicholson - Lt. Col., 1st Regt. U.S. Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.A. March 13 1865

Grosvenor, Thomas W. - Lt. Col., 12th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Hamilton, William Douglas - Col., 9th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. April 9 1865

Hammond, John - Col., 5th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Harnden, Henry - Lt. Col., 1st Regt. Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Harrison, Marcus La Rue - Col., 1st Regt. Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Harrison, Thomas Jefferson - Col., 8th Regt. Indiana Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. January 31 1865

Hawkins, Isaac R. - Lt. Col., 7th Regt. Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865 (Not recorded in Heitman)

Heath, Herman H. - Maj., 7th Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865, Brevet Maj. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Heath, Thomas Tinsley - Col., 5th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. December 15 1864

Howland, Horace Newton - Lt. Col., 3rd Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Hoyt, George H. - Lt. Col., 15th Regt. Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Huey, Pennock - Col., 8th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Irvine, William - Lt. Col., 10th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Ives, Brayton - Col., 1st Regt. Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

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Jacobs, Ferris Jr. - Lt. Col., 3rd Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Jenkins, Horatio Jr. - Lt. Col., 4th Regt Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Johnson, Gilbert Marquis La Fayette - Col., 13th Regt. Indiana Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Johnson, Robert - Col., 1st Regt. Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Jones, Fielder A. - Col., 8th Regt. Indiana Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Jordan, Thomas Jefferson - Col., 9th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. February 25 1865

Judson, William R. - Col., 6th Regt. Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Kargé, Joseph - Col., 2nd Regt. New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Keily, Daniel J. - Col., 2nd Regt. Louisiana Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Ketner, James - Maj., 16th Regt. Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Kidd, James Harvey - Col., 6th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Kirby, Byron - Lt. Col., 3rd Regt. Maryland Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. September 6 1865

Knowles, Oliver Blachly - Col., 21st Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

La Grange, Oscar Hugh - Col., 1st Regt. Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Latham, George R. - Col., 6th Regt. West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Lawrence, Albert Gallatin - Capt., 2nd Regt. U.S. Colored Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 25 1865

Lee, Edward M. - Lt. Col., 5th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Leiper, Charles Lewis - Lt. Col., 6th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Litchfield, Allyne C. - Col., 7th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Livingston, Robert Ramsay - Col., 1st Regt. Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. June 21 1865

Lowe, William Warren - Col., 5th Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865, Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.A. March 13 1865

Ludlow, Benjamin Chambers - Maj., 4th Regt. Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. October 28 1864

McConnell, John - Col., 5th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

McCormick, Charles Comly - Col., 7th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

McCrillis, Lafayette - Col., 3rd Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. September 4 1864

McEwen, Matthew - Maj., Surgeon, 2nd Regt. West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

McGarry, Edward - Col., 2nd Regt. California Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

McLaren, Robert Neill - Col., 2nd Regt. Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. December 14 1865

McQueen, Alexander G. - Lt. Col., 1st Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Merrill, Lewis - Capt., 2nd Regt. U.S. Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Minty, Robert Horatio George - Col., 4th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865, Brevet Maj. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Mix, Elisha - Col., 8th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865
*Believed to be relative to Tom Mix but, not confirmed*

Mizner, John Kemp - Col., 3rd Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Moonlight, Thomas - Col., 11th Regt. Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. February 13 1865
*Believed to be Native American Indian but, not confirmed*

Murray, Eli Huston - Col., 3rd Regt. Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 25 1865

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Nettleton, Allured Bayard - Lt. Col., 2nd Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Newberry, Walter Cass - Col., 24th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 31 1865

Nichols, George Sylvester - Col., 9th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Noble, John Willock - Col., 3rd Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

O'Brien, George Morgan - Maj., 7th Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Oakes, James - Lt. Col., 4th Regt. U.S. Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.A. March 13 1865

Oley, John H. - Col., 7th Regt. West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Osband, Embury D. - Col., 3rd Regt. U.S. Colored Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. October 5 1864

Palmer, William Jackson - Col., 15th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. November 6 1864
Medal of Honor Citation

Pattee, John - Lt. Col., 7th Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Pennington, Alexander Cummings McWhorter - Col., 3rd Regt. New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. July 15 1865

Phelps, John Elisha - Col., 2nd Regt. Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Platner, John S. - Col., 1st Regt. New York Volunteer Veteran Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Pollock, Samuel McLean. - Col., 6th Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Pope, Edmund Mann - Col., 8th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Price, Richard Butler - Col., 2nd Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Pritchard, Benjamin Dudley - Lt. Col., 4th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. May 10 1865

Randol, Alanson Merwin - Col., 2nd Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. June 24 1865

Ratliff, Robert Wilson - Col., 12th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Read, Samuel Tyler - Maj., 3rd Regt Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Reno, Marcus Albert - Col., 12th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Robbins, Walter Raleigh - Maj., 1st Regt. New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Robeson, William P. Jr. - Lt. Col., 3rd Regt. New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Robison, John K. - Lt. Col., 16th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Rodenbough, Theophilus Francis - Capt., 18th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. April 13 1865
Medal of Honor Citation

Ruff, Charles Frederick - Lt. Col., 3rd Regt. U.S. Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.A. March 13 1865

Ruggles, James McLain - Lt. Col., 3rd Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Russell, Henry Sturgis - Col., 5th Colored Regt. Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

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Sackett, William - Col., 9th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865
Mortally wounded at Trevilian Station VA June 11 1864

Sanderson, Thomas Wakefield - Lt. Col., 10th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Sargent, Horace Binney - Col., 1st Regt, Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 21 1864

Scott, Rufus - Lt. Col., 19th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry (1st Regt. New York Volunteer Dragoons)
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Shanks, John Peter Clever - Col., 7th Regt. Indiana Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. December 8 1864, Brevet Maj. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Simonson, John Smith - Col., 3rd Regt. U.S. Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.A. March 13 1865

Smith, Charles Edward - Lt. Col., 11th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Smith, Charles Henry - Col., 1st Regt., Maine Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. August 1 1864, Brevet Maj. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865, Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.A. March 2 1867, Brevet Maj. Gen. U.S.A. March 2 1867
Medal of Honor Citation

Smith, Israel Canton - Lt. Col., 10th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Smith, Robert Wilson - Col., 16th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Smith, William Jay - Col., 6th Regt. Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. July 16 1865

Spalding, George - Col., 12th Regt. Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 21 1865

Spaulding, Andrew B. - Lt. Col., 2nd Regt. Maine Volunteer Cavalry U.S.V.
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 26 1865 (Not recorded in Heitman)

Spear, Samuel Perkins - Col., 11th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Spencer, George Eliphaz - Col., 1st Regt. Alabama Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Stagg, Peter - Col., 1st Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Stedman, William - Col., 6th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Stokes, William B. - Col., 5th Regt. Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Stough, William - Lt. Col., 9th Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Stratton, Franklin Asa - Lt. Col., 11th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Strother, David Hunter - Col., 3rd Regt. West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. August 23 1865

Sumner, Edwin Vose - Col., 1st Regt. New York Volunteer Mounted Rifles
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 28 1865

Sweitzer, Nelson Bowman - Col., 16th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865, Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.A. March 13 1865

Switzler, Theodore A. - Lt. Col., 6th Regt. Missouri Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

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Taylor, John P. - Col., 1st Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. August 4 1865

Tevis, Washington Carroll (served under the name of C. Carroll Tevis) - Col., 3rd Regt. Maryland Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Thompson, Henry Elmer - Lt. Col., 6th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Thompson, John Leverett - Col., 1st Regt. New Hampshire Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Thompson, William - Col., 1st Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Thorp, Thomas Jones - Col., 19th Regt. New York Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Trowbridge, Luther Stephen - Col., 10th Regt. Michigan Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. June 15 1865, Brevet Maj. Gen. U.S.V. June 15 1865

Trumbull, Matthew Mark - Col., 9th Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Wade, James F. - Col., 6th Regt. U.S. Colored Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. February 13 1865

Waite, John M. - Maj. , 8th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Walker, Samuel - Lt. Col., 16th Regt. Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Wallace, Martin Reuben Merritt - Col., 4th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Washburn, Francis - Col., 4th Regt Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. April 6 1865

West, Robert Mayhew - Col., 5th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. April 1 1865

Whitaker, Edward Washburn - Col., 1st Regt. Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865
Medal of Honor Citation

White, Frank J. - Lt. Col., 2nd Regt. U.S. Colored Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Wilson, James Grant - Col., 4th Regt. U.S. Colored Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Winslow, Edward Francis - Col., 4th Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. December 12 1864

Witcher, John Sheshol - Lt. Col., 3rd Regt. West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Woolley, John - Lt. Col., 5th Regt. Indiana Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Young, Samuel Baldwin Marks - Col., 4th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. April 9 1865

Zahm, Lewis - Col., 3rd Regt. Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Reminder.........these are Brevet ranks.

M. E. Wolf
 
Waite, John M. - Maj. , 8th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Walker, Samuel - Lt. Col., 16th Regt. Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Wallace, Martin Reuben Merritt - Col., 4th Regt. Illinois Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. March 13 1865

Wow! That is a lot of Union generals breveted in the last month or two of the war. A whole bunch on March 13th. Why that date?

@M.E. Wolf.......Peyton Manning.....as in Archie's kid? Are they related? (I must have missed this before, because I remember reading the story, but the name didn't stick!)
I can't recall such Nathanb1...

M. E. Wolf

I don't know where this entered the conversation but Yes--- Archie Manning is the father of Peyton and Eli Manning. He had another son, Cooper, who played for Ole Miss until diagnosed with a disease that stopped his career. There was a ESPN (?) documentary last year about the Peyton family.

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Here it is:
The Book of Manning
 
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Dixie Rifles--yep, I know they're related....what I saw was a story about a Peyton Manning who was an officer in Longstreet's Corps and was mentioned in a story Moxley Sorrel related:

My staff comrade, Peyton Manning, and myself decided it was the time for a sleigh ride of our own. No cutters were to be had, but we improvised one. Securing a stout, well-made box of good size, a plank seat in it for two made it the body of the fabric. Then the forests yielded a couple of slim saplings, which, bent at the ends over the fire, were not bad for runners. On these, braced and crossed, with shafts attached, our box, well elevated, was securely fastened, and there was our cutter. We settled that the team should be stylish and made it "tandem," in good extemporized harness. My charger was put in the shafts and Manning's in the lead, both high-spirited animals. Each horse was mounted by a small negro, postilion-fashion, good riders both, and supposed to add some safety as well as novelty to the equipage.


Manning undertook to handle the long reins from the bits, and we started, the observed of many curious, and amid the worst lot of evil prophecies of what would befall us that it was ever my fate to hear. The outfit took the road handsomely, cheered by the soldiers, our black postilions grinning with delight.

All went well for a time and then the devil himself broke loose! The spirit of the horses rising, especially that fiery brute of Manning's, they were off entirely beyond control. Over the deep-snowed roads and fields, across ditches and broken fences the gallant pair in mad race took everything on a full run, their postilions now ashy hue with terror and clinging like burs to the bounding animals. The finish came quickly. There seemed to be a sudden great fall of stars from the midday skies and Manning and I were hurled right and left into deep snow drifts, everything in pieces, horses and little ******s quite out of sight. Digging ourselves out we took a good look at each other and some ugly words were said; but although scratched and bruised no bones were broken, and we slowly trod our way back to camp, wiser if not better men from our first and last sleigh ride in old Virginia. The horses were brought back to quarters but never again were their black postilions seen in those parts.
 
Winslow, Edward Francis - Col., 4th Regt. Iowa Volunteer Cavalry
Brevet Brig. Gen. U.S.V. December 12 1864


NedBaldwin -- I didn't add Brevet Generals. But here is your man. I only listed those who were full in their rank of Brigadier-General, Major-General, Lieutenant-General and General.

But, I do thank you for thinking of Brevet Generals...I'll start going through those to see whom I can pluck out.

M. E. Wolf
Well I didnt realize he only had brevet rank. Thanks.
 
There are many more Brevet Generals, other than the Cavalry I have singled out.

Brevet was an honorary rank, usually for some great deed or great service. At times, it was a prelude to promotion and just temporary until there was an opening or, when Congress approved the promotion.

Many of those breveted led as if they were Generals. It was a means to lift them above their current rank, to which often helped made them senior by brevet rank to their fellow officers, such as if they were Colonel but, their superior felt that they would be better leaders, there might have been a senior Colonel--a Brevet promotion to Brevet Brigadier-General as to provide that continuity of command.

Just some thoughts and opinions,
M. E. Wolf
 
Let's not forget to compare the cavalry of the far west. The Missouri guerrillas (whatever you might think of them otherwise) were excellent light cavalry men, and by most accounts they tended to be much better mounted than their union and union affiliated state militia adversaries. And while we're speaking of Missouri, let's not forget Gen J. O. Shelby, who accomplished a 1,600 mile ride around a good bit of Northwestern Arkansas, Southwest and West-Central Missouri in 1863--coming back to fight an excellent rear guard action for Price late in the expedition of 1864. Let's not forget the McCulloch cousins who rode with Forrest, either. (Gee....is my Missouri pride showing a little bit here?)
 
I sometimes think that the oft-repeated assertion that (in the East) the Union cavalry had become just as good as the Confederate cavalry by the spring of 1864 is a bit overblown. I think it's fair to say that Stuart and (after Yellow Tavern) Hampton performed better during the Overland Campaign than Sheridan did. It really was only with the Battle of Tom's Brook in October that the Union horsemen achieved a decisive advantage over the Confederates, and that was due more to numbers, better horses and equipment, and Spencer repeating rifles than anything else.
 
Personally, I am not a fan of lumping the entire Cavalry during the Civil War together.

East and West, North and South -- all had different conditions to operate in which had much to do with tactics as well as quality of horses, feed, supplies and ground to cover.

The Western theater of Cavalry operations had to cover five states..not the two states that the Eastern theater Cavalry operations operated in.

Not until Generals Grant and Rosecrans concentrated their cavalry under Generals Granger and Stanley, did greater efficiency begin to show against the Confederate Cavalry. Two brigades of Rosecrans' Cavalry were putting up an obstinate fight against Confederate Infantry at Chickamauga gave the time for Union lines to be formed.

Like the whole Civil War in the U.S., those who hadn't had military experience and training, had to learn the 'art' of war as well as the 'art' of horsemanship, swordsmanship and discipline when it came to the Cavalry. One has to learn their profession, in my opinion. These recruits didn't have much time to grow slowly into such as they found themselves in great need to replenish a depleted organization.

Weapons changed and as usual, officers entrenched with the old tactics were slow in adopting new ones. It is what I found refreshing with Grant, in his allowing Upton to 'try a different' tactic--as long as it was to gain success with as little loss of life as possible.

For me--these Cavalry units did fine work regardless where they were assigned.

Just my thoughts and opinions.

M. E. Wolf
 
Not related to Rogers Hornsby?!

Yes ma'am....and Sarah Hornsby of Josiah Wilbarger fame. Now I know where hte second sight comes from. :smile: And Edward Burleson. It all made sense when I realized he came from Winters--where my family lived. Duh. Sometimes it takes me a while. Have you been to Hornsby's Bend? (You would love it.)
 
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