OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Army.

Appointments by Brevet.

[General Orders, No. 133.]

WAR DEPARTMENT,

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, August 22, 1865.)

APPOINTMENTS by brevet in the Armies of the United States, made by the President since the publication of General Orders, No. 97, of May 26, 1865:

To be Major-Generals by Brevet,

For gallant and meritorious services during the War, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brigadier-General Irvin McDowell, United States Army.
Brigadier-General John Pope, United States Army.
Brigadier-General Joseph Hooker, United States Army.

Brigadier-General Winfield S. Hancock, United States Army.

Brigadier-General John M. Schofield, United States Army.

Brigadier-General Oliver O. Howard, United States Army.

Brigadier-General Alfred H. Terry, United States Army.

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins, Chief of Staff to the Lieutenant-General Commanding Armies of the United States.

Brevet Brigadier-General Edward R. S. Canby, United States Army.

Brevet Brigadier-General Andrew A. Humphreys, United States Army.

Brevet Brigadier-General Andrew J. Smith, United States Army.

Brevet Brigadier-General Horatio G. Wright, United States Army.
Brevet Brigadier-General Edward O. C. Ord, United States Army.

For faithful and meritorious services during the War, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Brigadier-General Lorenzo Thomas, Brigadier and Adjutant-General United States Army. Brigadier-General Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon-General United States Army.

To be Brigadier-Generals by Brevet,

For gallant and meritorious services during the War, to date from March 13, 18C5.

Colonel Edward R. S. Canby, of the 19th United States Infantry.
Colonel David Hunter, of the 6th United States Cavalry.
Colonel Thomas J. Wood, of the 2d United States Cavalry.
Colonel Thomas W. Sherman, of the 3d United States Artillery.
Colonel William H. Emory, of the 5th United States Cavalry.

Brevet Colonel Seth Williams, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel John G. Barnard, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Henry W. Benham, United States Army.

Brevet Colonel Andrew A. Humphreys, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel John H. King, United States Army.

Brevet Colonel Christopher C. Augur, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel William F. Barry, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Henry J. Hunt, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Frederick Steele, United States Ariny.
Brevet Colonel Samuel W. Crawford, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel George Stoneman, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Andrew J. Smith, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Henry W. Wessels, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel John G. Foster, United States Army..
Brevet Colonel Horatio G. Wright, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Absalom Baird, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Edward O. C. Ord, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Alfred Pleasonton, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel John C. Robinson, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Alfred Sully, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel James B. Ricketts, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Quincy A. Gillmore, United States Army..
Brevet Colonel George W. Getty, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel John M. Brannan, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Frank Wheaton, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel David S. Stanley, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Charles R. Woods, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel John G. Parke, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Truman Seymour, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel John Gibbon, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Charles Griffin, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Jefferson C. Davis, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Romeyn B. Ayres, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel George Crook, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel William B. Hazen, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Alexander S. Webb, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Joseph A. Mower, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Alfred T. A. Torbert, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Wesley Merritt, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Cyrus B. Comstock, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel James H. Wilson, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel John B. McIntosh, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel George A. Custer, United States Army.

For faithful and meritorious services during the War, to date from March 13, 1865.

Colonel William S. Ketchum, of the 11th United States Infantry.

Colonel Charles L. Kilburn, Assistant Commissary-General of Subsistence, United States Army.

Brevet Colonel Charles H. Crane, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel David H. Vinton, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel George W. Cullum, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Amos G. Beckwith, United States Army.
Brevet Colonel Barton S. Alexander, United States Army.

For faithful and meritorious services during the Campaigns against Altanta and Savannah, Ga., and in the Carolinas, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Colonel Orlando M. Poe, United States Army.

Brevet Colonel Chauncey B. Reese, United States Army.

Brevet Colonel Martin Burke, United States Army, for meritorious services to his country, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Colonel Thomas J. Leslie, United States Army, for the faithful and meritorious performance of duty in the Pay Department during the continuous period of fifty years' service, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Colonel James C. Duane, United States Army, for gallant and meritorious

services during the recent campaign, terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

Brevet Colonel William D. Whipple, United States Army, for gallant and meritorious services in the Atlanta campaign, and in the battles before Nashville, Tenn., to date from December 16, 1864.

Volunteer Force.

To be Major-Generals by Brevet,

For gallant and meritorious services during the War, to date from March 13, 1865.
Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sherman, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General John P. Hatch, United States Volunteers.

Brigadier-General John W. Davidson, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General George S. Greene, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Samuel P. Carter, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Washington L. Elliott, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier General Robert S. Granger, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General M. K. Lawler, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Charles K. Graham, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Edward E. Potter, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Hugh Ewing, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Joseph B. Carr, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Samuel S. Carroll, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General William W. Belknap, United States Volunteers.
Brevet Brigadier-General John I. Gregg, United States Volunteers.
Brevet Brigadier-General Charles H. Smith, United States Volunteers.
Brevet Brigadier-General Henry L. Abbott, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Eli Long, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Alfred Gibbs, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Robert S. Foster, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Ranald S. Mackenzie, United States Volunteers.

For gallant and meritorious services in the Battles before Nashville, Tennessee. Brigadier-General Richard W. Johnson, United States Volunteers, to date from December 16, 1864.

Brigadier-General Samuel Beatty, United States Volunteers, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brigadier-General Joseph A. Cooper, United States Volunteers, to date from March 13, 1865.

For gallantry in action on the Weldon Railroad, Va., to date from March 13, 1865. Brigadier-General Joseph Hayes, United States Volunteers.

For meritorious conduct at the Battle of Winchester, Va., to date from March 13, 1865. Brigadier-General George H. Chapman, United States Volunteers.

For special gallantry at the Battle of Griswoldville, Ga., to date from March 13, 1865. Brigadier-General Charles C. Walcott, United States Volunteers.

For gallant and meritorious services in the Campaign against Atlanta, Ga., to date from March 13, 1865.

Brigadier-General Walter C. Whitaker, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Manning F. Force, United States Volunteers.

For gallant and meritorious services in East Tennessee and West Virginia, to date from

March 13, 1865.

Brigadier-General Alvan C. Gillem, United States Volunteers.

For gallant and meritorious services at the capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., to date from March 13, 1865.

Brigadier-General N. Martin Curtis, United States Volunteers.

For gallant and meritorious conduct in the assault on Fort Sedgwick, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Brigadier-General S. G. Griffin, United States Volunteers.

Brevet Brigadier-General John C. Tidball, United States Volunteers.

For meritorious and distinguished services, to date from April 9, 1865. Brigadier-General George H. Gordon, United States Volunteers.

For gallant and meritorious services during the War, to date from June 30, 1865.
Brigadier-General John P. Hawkins, U. S. Volunteers.

For highly meritorious services during the recent Campaign terminating with the surrender
of the insurgent army under Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.
Brigadier-General Philip R. De Trobriand, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Joshua L. Chamberlain, United States Volunteers.
Brevet Brigadier-General George N. Macy, United States Volunteers.
Brevet Brigadier-General J. Warren Keifer, United States Volunteers.

For ability and energy in hand'ing his division, and for gallantry and valuable services in action, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brigadier-General Truman Seymour, United States Volunteers.

For gallant and meritorious services at the Battle of Gaines's Mills, Virginia, to date from' March 13, 1865.

Brigadier-General N. J. Jackson, United States Volunteers.

For faithful and meritorious services during the War, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brigadier-General Henry W. Benham, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Marsena R. Patrick, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Joseph D. Webster, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Robert Allen, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Rufus Ingalls, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General John W. Miller, United States Volunteers.
Brevet Brigadier-General Adrian R. Root, United States Volunteers.

For long and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.
Brigadier General Innis N. Palmer, United States Volunteers.

For faithful and meritorious services during the War, to date from March 11, 1865. Brigadier-General Daniel H. Rucker, United States Volunteers.

To date from March 13, 1865.

Brigadier-General John W. Fuller, United States Volunteers.
Brigadier-General Edward M. McCook, United States Volunteers.

Brevet Brigadier-General Thomas C. Devin, Brigadier-General United States Volunteers.

Brevet Brigadier-General Charles H. T. Collis, United States Volunteers.

To date from March 19, 1865.

Brigadier-General William P. Carlin, United States Volunteers.

To date from May 1, 1865.

Brevet-Brigadier General A. L. Pearson, United States Volunteers.
To date from May 31, 1865.

Brigadier-General John H. King, United States Volunteers.

To date from June 7, 1865.

Brigadier-General William Vandever, United States Volunteers.

To date from June 12, 1865.

Brigadier-General Zealous B. Tower, United States Volunteers.
To date from June 18, 1865.

Brigadier-General Augustus L. Chetlain, United States Volunteers.

To date from June 20, 1865.

Brevet Brigadier-General James L. Donaldson, United States Volunteers.
To date from July 11, 1865.

Brigadier-General Thomas H. Davies, United States Volunteers.

To date from July 13, 1865.

Brigadier-General Albion P. Howe, United States Volunteers.

To date from July 17, 1865.

Brevet Brigadier-General Charles G. Loring, United States Volunteers.

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By order of the Secretary of War.

E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General.

Dismissed.

Colonel John McCarpel, for disobedience of orders.

Colonel John J. Cladeck, 35th New Jersey Volunteers.

Lieutenant-Colonel George Hogg, 2d New York Heavy Artillery, for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Daly, 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry, for making, or allowing to be made, a false muster.

Major W. F. Webb, additional Paymaster U. S. A., with loss of all pay and allowances, and to pay a fine of one thousand dollars, for conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline.

Captain E. J. Scranton, 128th U. S. Colored Troops, for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

Captain Richard Goebel, 7th Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

Captain John B. Gilbert, 6th Connecticut Volunteers, for absence without leave, conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, and violation of the 77th Article of War.

Captain Thomas F. Coryl, 214th Pennsylvania Volunteers, for neglect of duty in absenting himself from his regiment, and for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, in failing to return money intrusted to his care by enlisted men.

Lieutenant D. H. Piffard, 14th New York Heavy Artillery, for breach of arrest. Lieutenant G. F. Schwartz (brevet captain), 15th New York Heavy Artillery, for disobedience of orders and neglect of duty in not promptly delivering the musterout rolls of his regiment, thus embarrassing the public service.

First Lieutenant S. Waters, 128th U. S. Colored Troops, for an assault upon a colored man at Beaufort, S. C.

Lieutenant James O'Rourke, 4th New York Heavy Artillery, for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.