civil war dates- cath-shan

George Morgan

Dec 12, 1848

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)

George McClellan

May 14, 1861

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)

Edwarc Baker

Sep 21, 1861

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)

Frederick Lander

Dec 18, 1861

He was a Brigadier general. Died of illness, March 2, 1862

alexander asboth

Mar 21, 1862

Appointed Brigadier General, USV (September 3, 1861) by John Charles Frémont who lacked the authority to make such an appointment

timothy andrews

Sep 6, 1862

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

James Nagle

Mar 13, 1863

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

russell alger

Jun 11, 1863

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)

Clauton Powell

Aug 1, 1864

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)

John Schofield

Nov 30, 1864

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)

Galusha Pennypacker

Feb 18, 1865

MOH, Battle of Fort Fisher (January 15, 1865)
Youngest general in U.S. history

adelbert ames

Mar 13, 1865

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

Joseph West

Jan 4, 1866

U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1871–1877)