brevet general

List of American Civi…. This is a list of American Civil War brevet generals that served the Union Army. This list of brevet major generals or brevet brigadier generals currently contains a section which gives the names of officers who held lower a…

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Blaisdell, William / Colonel 11 th Massachusetts / Brevet Brigadier-General USV 23 June 1864 2 July 1865 KIA Petersburg 23 June 1864. Blake, George Alexander Hamilton / Colonel 1 st US Cavalry / Brevet Brigadier-General USA 13 March 1865 / Brevet Major-General.

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brevet, form of military commission formerly used in the U.S. and British armies. Under the system in which an officer was customarily promoted within his regiment or corps, a brevet conferred upon him a rank in the.