List of American Civil War generals (Union)
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List of American Civil War generals (Union)

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Image	Name	Substantive Rank	Brevet Rank	Notes

-	Paine, Charles Jackson	Brigadier general, USV (July 4, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)

-	Paine, Eleazar Arthur	Brigadier general, USV (September 3, 1861)	USMA, 1839 Resigned April 5, 1865 Cousin of Halbert Eleazer Paine

-	Paine, Halbert Eleazer	Brigadier general, USV (April 9, 1863)	Resigned May 15, 1865 U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin (1865–1871) Cousin of Eleazer Arthur Paine

-	Palmer, Innis Newton	Lieutenant colonel, USA (1863) Brigadier general, USV (September 23, 1861)	Brigadier general, USA Major general, USV	USMA, 1846

-	Palmer, John McCauley	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Governor of Illinois (1869–1873) U.S. Senator from Illinois (1891–1897) Commander-in-chief, GAR (1891–1892)

-	Parke, John Grubb	Major general, USV (July 18, 1862)	Major general, USA	USMA, 1849 Superintendent, USMA (1887–1889)

Parsons, Lewis Baldwin	Brigadier general, USV (May 11, 1865)	Major general, USV

-	Patrick, Marsena Rudolph	Brigadier general, USV (March 20, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1835

Patten, Henry Lyman	Major, USV	Brigadier general, USV (March 13, 1865)	DOW, Second Battle of Deep Bottom (w. August 17, 1864, d. September 10, 1864)

-	Patterson, Francis Engle	Brigadier general, USV (April 11, 1862)	"Killed by accidental discharge of his own pistol" (November 22, 1862) Son of Robert Patterson Brother-in-law of John Joseph Abercrombie

-	Patterson, Robert	Major general, USV	Discharged July, 1861 Father of Francis Engle Patterson Father-in-law of John Joseph Abercrombie

-	Paul, Gabriel René	Brigadier general, USA (February 16, 1865) Brigadier general, USV (April 18, 1863)	Retired February 16, 1865 due to blinding at Battle of Gettysburg (July 1, 1863) USMA, 1834 Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (September 5, 1862) expired March 4, 1863

Peck, Frank Henry	Lieutenant colonel, USV	Brigadier general, USV (September 19, 1864)	DOW, Battle of Opequon (w. September 19, 1864, d. September 20, 1864)

-	Peck, John James	Major general, USV (July 4, 1862)	USMA, 1843

-	Pennypacker, Galusha	Brigadier general, USV (February 18, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	MOH, Battle of Fort Fisher (January 15, 1865) Youngest general in U.S. history

Penrose, William Henry	First Lieutenant, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (July 27, 1865)

-	Phelps, John Smith	Brigadier general, USV (July 19, 1862)	Appointment expired March 4, 1863 U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1845–1863) Military Governor of Arkansas (1862–1863) Governor of Missouri (1877–1881)

-	Phelps, John Wolcott	Brigadier general, USV (May 17, 1861)	Resigned, August 21, 1862) USMA, 1836 Half-brother of Charles Edward Phelps

A S Piatt ACW.JPG	Piatt, Abram Sanders (aka Piatt, Abraham Sanders)	Brigadier general, USV (April 30, 1862)	Resigned February 17, 1863

Pierce, Byron Root	Brigadier general, USV (June 7, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)

-	Pile, William Anderson	Brigadier general, USV (December 26, 1863)	Major general, USV (April, 1865)	U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1867–1869) Territorial Governor of New Mexico (1869–1871) U.S. minister to Venezuela (1871–1874)

Pitcher, Thomas Gamble	Captain, USA (1858) Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1845 Superintendent, USMA (1866–1870)

-	Pleasonton, Alfred	Major, USA (1862) Major general, USV (June 22, 1863)	Major general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1844

-	Plummer, Joseph Bennett	Major, USA (April, 1862) Brigadier general, USV (October 27, 1861)	USMA, 1841 Died "Of Wound and Exposure in the Active Field", August 9, 1862

-	Poe, Orlando Metcalfe	Captain, USA Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA	USMA, 1856 Volunteer appointment expired March 4, 1863

GenJohnPope.jpeg	Pope, John	Brigadier general, USA (July 14, 1862) Major general, USV (March 21, 1862)	USMA, 1842 Brother-in-law of Force, Manning Ferguson

-	Porter, Andrew	Colonel, USA (May 14, 1861) Brigadier general, USV (May 18, 1861)	Mustered out of volunteer service April 4, 1864 Resigned regular commission April 20, 1864 USMA (class of 1844), resigned in 1840 Cousin of Horace Porter First cousin (once removed) of Mary Todd Lincoln

-	Porter, Fitz John	Colonel, USA (1861) Major general, USV (July 4, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (1862)	USMA, 1845 Relieved September 5, 1862 court-martialed and convicted (January 10, 1863) Dismissed from service January 21, 1863 Exonerated March 19, 1879 Nephew of David Dixon Porter, USN and William David Porter, USN

-	Potter, Edward Elmer	Brigadier general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)

-	Potter, Joseph Haydn	Major, USA (1863) Brigadier general, USV (May 1, 1865)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1843

-	Potter, Robert Brown	Major general, USV (September 29, 1865)

-	Potts, Benjamin Franklin	Brigadier general, USV (January 12, 1865)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	Territorial Governor of Montana (1870–1883)

-	Powell, William Henry	Brigadier general, USV (October 19, 1864)	Major general, USV (March 13, 1865)	MOH for actions at Sinking Creek (November 26, 1862) Resigned January 5, 1865

-	Pratt, Calvin Edward	Brigadier general, USV (September 13, 1862)	Resigned April 25, 1863

-	Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry	Major general, USV (November 29, 1862)	Resigned October 28, 1863

Prescott, George Lincoln	Colonel, USV	Brigadier general, USV (June 18, 1864)	DOW, Second Battle of Petersburg (w. June 18, 1864, d. June 19, 1864)

-	Prince, Henry	Major, USA (1855) Brigadier general, USV (April 20, 1862)	Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865)	USMA, 1835

Sentence(s)

Powell became a commander, and was promoted to brigadier general on October 19, 1864.

final_sentence: Powell became a commander, and was promoted to brigadier general on October 19, 1864.