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Veterans Who Resigned to Accept Commissions with other Regiments

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Unidentified Second Massachusetts veteran as infantry officer. 
courtesy of Julie Rach


Source: Adjutant General. Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 1931. 

Name Company
 In Date
 In Method
 Out Date New Commission
Zabdiel B Adams
 L
  03/19/63 
 Commissioned
Captain		  03/07/64 
  Staff 5th Mass Cavalry
Charles E Allan
 A
  12/10/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  02/03/64 
  Lt. 5th Mass Cavalry
John Anderson
 L
  02/05/63 
 Enlisted
as Sergeant		  02/10/64 
  Lt. 5th Mass Cavalry
Samuel Woolsey Backus
 L
  02/05/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  06/14/65 
 Lt. 2nd Cal. Cavalry
Edgar M Blanche
 E
  02/21/63 
 Enlisted
as Sergeant		  02/10/64 
  Lt. 5th Mass Cavalry
John C.C. Bowen
 H
  06/20/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  12/09/63 
  Capt. 1st USC Cavalry
Louis Cabot
 B
  01/15/63 
 Commissioned
2nd Lt.		  02/05/64 
 Staff 4th Mass Cavalry
T Melville Chisholm
 H
  06/20/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  06/27/64 
 Lt. 108th USCT Infantry
Hiram E. W. Clark
 E
  02/05/63 
 Enlisted
as Sergeant		  03/01/64 
 Lt. 5th Mass Cavalry
William B Clark
 E
  03/07/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  08/18/63 
 Lt. 14th Kansas Cavalry
William W Collins
 A
  12/10/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  03/24/64 
  Lt. 10th NY Cavalry
George F Davis
 A
  12/10/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  02/26/64 
 Lt. 4th Mass Cavalry 
Gustavus C Doane
 I
  02/10/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  03/22/64 
  1st Miss Batt. Cavalry
Richard S Ellet
 A
  12/10/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  01/02/64 
 1st Batt. Ill. Marines
Cyrus C Emery
 C
  12/22/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  02/03/64 
  Lt. 5th Mass Cavalry
Charles Barnard Fox
 G
  04/14/63 
 Commissioned
2nd Lt.		  05/30/63 
  Lt, Captain, Colonel 55 Mass Infantry
Harlow Gamwell
 S
  02/19/63 
 Commissioned
Asst. Surgeon		  04/27/64 
  Asst. Surgeon 5th Mass Cavalry
Charles D Griggs
 D
  01/13/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  07/08/63 
  Lt. 36th USCT
Henry B Haley
 B
  09/05/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  03/09/64 
  Lt., Capt. 1st NH Cav.
Charles Harkins
 F
  04/03/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  12/28/64 
  Lt. 124th USCT
James W Hepburn
 E
  02/05/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  03/22/65 
  Lt. 2nd Cal. Cavalry
Charles W Hill
 A
  12/10/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  06/27/63 
  Lt. 1st Mo. Cavalry
Alexander Johnston
 G
  04/09/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  05/28/63 
  54th Mass Infantry
Abner T Mallory
 E
  03/07/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  01/11/64 
  5th Mass Cavalry
Walter Morrison
 E
  02/16/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  01/05/64 
  Lt., Capt., 9th Ohio
Cavalry
Robert M Parker
 A
  12/10/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  05/04/64 
 Lt. 5th Mass Cavalry
William N Percy
 A
  12/10/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  02/26/64 
  Lt., Capt., 4th Mass Cavalry
Henry Sturgis Russell
 S
  03/19/63 
 Commissioned
1st. Lt.		  03/01/64 
 Lt. to Col. 5th Mass Cavalry 
Brevet Brigadier General
William H Short
 F
  04/13/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  12/31/63 
  Lt., Capt. 22nd USCT
Edwin R Sterling
 A
  12/10/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  02/26/64 
 Lt. 4th Mass Cavalry 
Alfred Stevens
 M
  03/20/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  06/21/64 
  Capt. 100th USCT
George E Thompson
 A
  12/10/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  04/12/64 
  Lt. 96th NY Infantry
Junius T Turner
 E
  02/05/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  03/28/64 
  Lt., Capt., 3rd Md Cavalry
Otto Von Borries
 H
  02/25/64 
 Enlisted
as Private		  08/24/64 
  Lt. 119th USCT
Francis Washburn
 D
  01/26/63 
 Enlisted
from 1st Mass		  02/04/64 
  Lt. Col. 4th Mass Cavalry
Brevet Brigadier Gen.
Horace B Welch
 F
  06/06/63 
 Commissioned
2nd Lt.		  02/03/64 
 Capt. 5th Mass Cavalry 
James L Wheat
 A
  12/10/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  02/03/64 
 Capt. 5th Mass Cavalry
James D Whitcomb
 I
  02/10/63 
 Enlisted
as Private		  04/23/65 
 Lt., 7th USCT 
George F Wilson
 F
  05/10/63 
 Enlisted
as Sergeant		  03/22/64 
  Lt. 5th Mass Cavalry
Edwin W Woodward
 A
  12/10/62 
 Enlisted
as Private		  04/05/64 
  Lt., Capt., 25th NY Cavalry
 

The Officers

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