MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT, N.Y. Inspector. Brevet Brigadier-General Joseph G. Totten, Colonel of Engineers. Colonel Alexander H. Bowman, Dennis H. Mahan, LL.D., 1st Lieut. William P. Craighill, William H. C. Bartlett, LL.D., Captain George H. Mendell, Albert E. Church, LL.D., 1st Lieut. Junius B. Wheeler, 1st Lieut. Alfred T. Smith, 1st Lieut. William A. Elderkin, 1st Lieut. John W. Barlow, let Lieut. James M. Whittemore, Robert W. Weir, N.A., 1st Lieut. Robert L. Eastman, 1st Lieut. Samuel A. Foster, Captain William P. Chambliss, Captain Henry A. Smalley, Captain Stephen V. Benét, Captain Edward C. Boynton, Academic Staff. Major Corps of Engineers, Superintendent, with local rank of Colonel and Commandant of Post. Professor of Civil and Military Engineering. The United States Military Academy was founded by Act of Congress in 1802, and was originally but the station of the Engineer corps. By that act the number of cadets was limited to ten, and the whole number of engineer officers and cadets to twenty. In 1812, the corps of Professors was increased, and the number of cadets fixed not to exceed two hundred and fifty. In 1817, under the superintendency of Colonel Thayer, it reached a point of great usefulness and vigor. In 1843, the number of cadets was apportioned to Cavalry, and Infantry Tactics. Assistant Instructor of Cavalry. Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics. Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics. Assistant Instructor of Artillery Tactics. Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics. Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics. Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics. Instructor of Ordnance and Gunnery. Sword-Master. Adjutant and Quartermaster. Treasurer. .Surgeon. ....... Assistant Surgeon. equal the number of representatives and delegates in Congress, so that each Congressional and Territorial district, and the District of Columbia, shall have one cadet. From this number there are about forty graduates yearly, who are entitled to receive commissions in the army as second lieutenants; and, if there be no vacancies, they are attached (with full pay and duty) as supernumerary officers,-brevet second lieutenants,-to be promoted as vacancies occur. Name, rank, and date of com mission. LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES. All officers borne on this Register are graduates of the Military Academy, except those to whose names this mark [*] is affixed. from. Ohio. Levi C. Turner,* 31 July, 1862...... INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. Inspectors-General. Colonels. N.X. Ky. Nelson H. Davis, 12 Nov. 1861........ Mass. Mass. James Totten, 12 Nov. 1861.... Pa. Va. John Buford, 12 Nov. 1861, B. G. vol. Appointed from. N.Y. Md. Md. James Belger,* 3 Aug. 1861, Bvt. A. Military Storekeepers. Mo. Mich. N.Y. N.J. Mich. Me. Me. Reuben M. Potter,* 23 Mar. 1848.... N.J. SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. Commissary Gen. of Subsistence. Colonel. Joseph P. Taylor,* 29 Sept. 1861..... Ky. Assistant Com. Gen. of Sub. Edward P. Vollum,* 11 June, 1862.. N.Y. N.Y. Army. George H. Lyman,* 11 June, 1862... Mass. Mass. William H. Mussey,* 14 June, 1862. N.H. George T. Allen,* 14 June, 1862...... N.Y. Lewis Humphreys,* 30 June, 1862.. Ohio. Surgeons, Ohio. Ill. Ind. with the rank of Major. Ark. Pa. Ohio. Tenn. Pa. Mich. Richard S. Satterlee,* 13 July, 1832. N.Y. Adam N. McLaren,* 30 June, 1839.. Scot'd. S.C. Lieutenant-Colonel. P. G. S. Ten Broeck,* 21 May, 1861... Me. Md. N.Y. N.Y. N.Y.. Va. Mass. Benjamin Alvord, 22 June, 1854, Andrew A. Humphreys, 6 Aug. 1861, B. G. vol. 28 April, 1862.. Vt. N.J. John N. Macomb, 6 Aug. 1861, A. D. C. (col.) 15 May, 1862.. Me. Me. James H. Simpson, 6 Aug. 1861, Col. vol Ind. Pa. Ind. Bvt. B. G vol. 15 April, 1862.... Vt. Franklin E. Hunt, 2 March, 1855.... N.J. Henry Prince, 23 May, 1855, Bvt. B. G. vol. 28 April, 1862. Samuel Woods, 24 Dec. 1856, Bvt.... Ind. Daniel McClure, 23 Oct. 1858. Ind. Thomas M. Winston,* 5 April, 1860. Ky. Augustus H. Seward, 27 March, 1861. N.Y. Brua Cameron,* 1 May, 1861....... Pa. Robert A. Kinzie,* 2 May, 1861...... Ill. George L. Febiger,* 3 May, 1861...... Pa. William S. Wallace,* 15 May, 1861.. Pa. David Taggart,* 30 May, 1861...... Pa. Adam D. Steuart,* 31 May, 1861...... Va. Henry C. Pratt, 14 June, 1861.... Simeon Francis,* 3 Aug. 1861... Ky. N.Y. Kans. Del. Ill. Pa. Lorenzo Sitgreaves, 6 Aug. 1861..... Pa. Amiel W. Whipple, 9 Sept. 1861, B. George G. Meade, 18 June, 1862, B. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Brigadier-General. Mo. Colonels. Pa. Ill. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. Colonel. Joseph G. Totten, 7 Dec. 1838, B. G. bvt. 29 March, 1847....... Conn. Conn. William A. Thornton, 28 May, 1861. N.Y. Robt. H. K. Whiteley, 3 Aug. 1861... Md. Peter V. Hagner, 3 Ang. 1861..... D.C. Robt. A. Wainwright, 3 Aug. 1861... Mass. N.Y. Del. D.C. Mass. N.Y. Md. Mass. Mass. Ill. N.Y. Pa. Henry W. Benham, 6 Aug. 1861...... Conn. Conn. Daniel P. Woodbury, 6 Aug. 1861, B. G. vol. 19 March, 1862.. Zealous B. Tower, 6 Aug. 1861, Bvt. B. G. vol. 23 Nov. 1862.. Horatio G. Wright, 6 Aug. 1861, B. G. vol. 14 Sept. 1861.. John Newton, 6 Aug. 1861, B. G. vol. 23 Sept. 1861 Allegheny Arsenal.... Theo. J. Eckerson,* 16 Sept. 1853... N.Y. Benj. H. Gilbreth,* 11 May, 1861.... Me. Edward N. Stebbins,* 10 June, 1861, N.Y. Pa. W.T. Me. N.H. N.H. Mass. Mass. Conn. Conn. V Va. from. |