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USMA (class of 1845), resigned 1843
Resigned volunteer commission June 8, 1863
U.S. minister to Portugal (1858–1861)
U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1869-1869, 1871–1873) -
USMA, 1846 General-in-Chief (November 1, 1861 – July 22, 1862)
Relieved of duty November 7, 1862
Resigned November 8, 1864
Governor of New Jersey (1878–1881) -
KIA, Battle of Ball's Bluff (October 21, 1861) Rejected appointment as Brigadier General, USV (May 17, 1861)
Promoted to Major General, USV posthumously
U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1845–1846, 1849–1851)
U.S. Senator from Oregon (1860–1861) -
He was a Brigadier general. Died of illness, March 2, 1862
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Appointed Brigadier General, USV (September 3, 1861) by John Charles Frémont who lacked the authority to make such an appointment
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Paymaster General (1862–1864)
Retired November 29, 1862
rejected a commission as brevet Brigadier General, USA (March 13, 1865) on the basis that he already possessed such an appointment -
Original appointment as Brigadier General, USV (September 10, 1862) expired March 4, 1863 due to lack of Senate confirmation Resigned, May 9, 1863
Recommissioned as Colonel (July 4, 1863 – August 2, 1863)
Recommissioned again as Colonel (1864)
Resigned, November 5, 1864 -
Resigned September 20, 1864
Governor of Michigan (1885–1887)
Commander-in-chief, GAR (1889–1890)
Secretary of War (1897–1899)
Senator from Michigan (1902–1907) -
Governor of Arkansas (1868–1871)
U.S. Senator from Arkansas (1871–1877)
U.S. minister to Mexico (1897–1898); U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1898–1905) -
USMA, 1853
MOH, Battle of Wilson's Creek (August 10, 1861)
Secretary of War (1868–1869)
Superintendent, USMA (1876–1881)
General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1888–1895)
Commander-in-chief, MOLLUS (1899–1903) -
MOH, Battle of Fort Fisher (January 15, 1865)
Youngest general in U.S. history -
USMA, 1861
MOH, First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
Provisional Governor Mississippi (1868–1869)
U.S. Senator from Mississippi (1870–1874)
Governor of Mississippi (1875)
Last surviving Union General, d. April 13, 1933 -
U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1871–1877)
