List of American Civil War generals (Union)
Union generals -- B
Table:
Image
Name
Substantive
Rank
Brevet
Rank
Notes

Bailey, Joseph

Brigadier general, USV
(November 10, 1864)

Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)

Received the Thanks of Congress (June 4, 1864)

Baird, Absalom

Major, USA
(November 12, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)

Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(September 1, 1864)

USMA, 1849
MOH, Battle of Jonesborough (September 1, 1864)

Baker, Edward Dickinson

Major general, USV
(September 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)

Baker, Lafayette Curry

Colonel, USV, DC Cavalry
(May 5, 1863)

Nominated brigadier general by President Andrew Johnson April 26, 1865, but never confirmed

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss

Major general, USV
(May 16, 1861)

Received the Thanks of Congress (January 28, 1864)
U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts (1853–1857, 1865–1873, 1875–1879, 1889–1891)
Speaker of the House (1856–1857)
Governor of Massachusetts (1858–1861)

Barlow, Francis Channing

Major general, USV
(May 25, 1865)

Barnard, John Gross

Colonel, USA
(December 28, 1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(September 23, 1861)

Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(July 4, 1864)

USMA, 1833
Superintendent, USMA (1855–1856)

Barnes, James

Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)

Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)

Barnes, Joseph K., M.D.

Brigadier general, USA
(August 22, 1864)

Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)

Surgeon General (1864–1882)
Surgeon at the deathbeds of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and James Abram Garfield

Barnum, Henry Alanson

Brigadier general, USV
(May 31, 1865)

Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)

MOH, Battle of Lookout Mountain (November 24, 1863)

Barry, William Farquhar

Colonel, USA
(December 11, 1865)
Brigadier general, USV
(August 20, 1861)

Major general, USA
(March 13, 1865)
Major general, USV
(September 1, 1864)

USMA, 1838

Bartlett, Joseph Jackson

Brigadier general, USV
(March 30, 1863)

Major general, USV
(August 1, 1864)

Original appointment as brigadier general, USV (October 4, 1862) expired March 4, 1863

U.S. minister to Sweden and Norway (1867–1869)

Bartlett, William Francis

Brigadier general, USV
(June 20, 1864)

Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)

Baxter, Henry

Brigadier general, USV
(March 12, 1863)

Major general, USV
(April 1, 1865)

U.S. minister to Honduras (1869–1873)

Bayard, George Dashiell

Captain, USA
(August 20, 1861)
Brigadier general, USV
(April 28, 1862)

USMA, 1856
DOW, Battle of Fredericksburg (w. December 13, 1862, d. December 14, 1862)

Beal, George Lafayette

Brigadier general, USV
(November 30, 1864)

Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)

Beatty, John

Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)

U.S. Congressman from Ohio (1868–1873)

Beatty, Samuel

Brigadier general, USV
(November 29, 1862)

Major general, USV
(March 13, 1863)

Belknap, William Worth

Brigadier general, USV
(July 30, 1864)

Major general, USV
(March 13, 1865)

Secretary of War (1869–1876)

Benedict, Lewis

Colonel, USV
(September 12, 1862)

Brigadier general, USV
(March 13, 1865)

KIA, Battle of Pleasant Hill (April 9, 1864)

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Joseph Bailey ( May 6 , 1825 - March 21 , 1867 ) was a civil engineer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War .
The Thanks of Congress is a series of formal resolutions passed by the United States Congress originally to extend the government 's formal thanks for significant victories or impressive actions by American military commanders and their troops . Although it began during the American Revolutionary War , the practice peaked during the American Civil War . Similarly , the Confederate Congress also passed resolutions honoring extraordinary performance to individuals or military units .
Absalom Baird ( August 20 , 1824 - June 14 , 1905 ) was a career United States Army officer who distinguished himself as a Union Army general in the American Civil War . Baird received the Medal of Honor for his military actions .
The Battle of Jonesborough ( modern name Jonesboro ) was fought August 31-September 1 , 1864 , during the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War . Two Union armies led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman maneuvered to draw the Army of Tennessee ( led by John Bell Hood ) away from their defenses at Atlanta , Georgia , so it could be destroyed . Although Hood 's army was not destroyed , the city of Atlanta was abandoned and then occupied by Union troops . The fall of Atlanta also had far-reaching political as well as military effects on the course of the war .
Edward Dickinson Baker ( February 24 , 1811 - October 21 , 1861 ) was an American politician , lawyer , and military leader . In his political career , Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S . Senator from Oregon . He was also known as an orator and poet . A long-time close friend of the President of the United States , Abraham Lincoln , Baker served as U.S. Army colonel during both the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War . Baker was killed in the Battle of Ball 's Bluff while leading a Union Army regiment , becoming the only sitting U.S. senator ever to be killed in a military engagement .
The Battle of Ball 's Bluff in Loudoun County , Virginia on October 21 , 1861 , was one of the early battles of the American Civil War , in which Union Army forces under Major General George B. McClellan suffered a humiliating defeat . The operation was planned as a minor reconnaissance across the Potomac to establish whether the Confederates were occupying the strategically important position of Leesburg . A false report of an unguarded Confederate camp encouraged Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone to order a raid , which resulted in a clash with enemy forces . A prominent U.S . Senator in uniform , Colonel Edward Baker , tried to reinforce the Union troops , but failed to ensure that there were enough boats for the river crossings , which were then delayed . Baker was killed , and a newly-arrived Confederate unit routed the rest of Stones expedition . The Union losses , although modest by later standards , alarmed Congress , which set-up the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War , a body which would provoke years of bitter political infighting .
Illinois ( /ˌɪləˈnɔɪ/ ( listen ) IL-ə-NOY ) is a state in the Midwestern and Great Lakes Regions of the United States . It has the fifth largest gross domestic product ( GDP ) , the sixth largest population , and the 25th largest land area of all U.S. states . Illinois has been noted as a microcosm of the entire United States . With Chicago in northeastern Illinois , small industrial cities and immense agricultural productivity in the north and center of the state , and natural resources such as coal , timber , and petroleum in the south , Illinois has a diverse economic base , and is a major transportation hub . Chicagoland , Chicago 's metropolitan area , encompasses over 65% of the state 's population . The Port of Chicago connects the state to international ports via two main routes : from the Great Lakes , via the Saint Lawrence Seaway , to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River , via the Illinois Waterway to the Illinois River . The Mississippi River , the Ohio River , and the Wabash River form parts of the boundaries of Illinois . For decades , Chicago 's O'Hare International Airport has been ranked as one of the world 's busiest airports . Illinois has long had a reputation as a bellwether both in social and cultural terms and , through the 1980s , in politics . The capital of Illinois is Springfield , which is located in the central part of the state . Although today Illinois 's largest population center is in its northeast , the state 's European population grew first in the west as the French settled lands near the Mississippi River , when the region was known as Illinois Country and was part of New France . Following the American Revolutionary War , American settlers began arriving from Kentucky in the 1780s via the Ohio River , and the population grew from south to north .
Oregon ( /ˈɒrɪɡən/ ( listen ) ORR-ih-gən ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States . The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon 's northern boundary with Washington , while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho . The parallel 42° north delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada . Oregon was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before European traders , explorers , and settlers arrived . An autonomous government was formed in the Oregon Country in 1843 before the Oregon Territory was created in 1848 . Oregon became the 33rd state on February 14 , 1859 . Today , at 98,000 square miles ( 250,000 km2 ) , Oregon is the ninth largest and , with a population of 4 million , 27th most populous U.S. state . The capital , Salem , is the second most populous city in Oregon , with 169,798 residents . Portland , with 647,805 , ranks as the 26th among U.S. cities . The Portland metropolitan area , which also includes the city of Vancouver , Washington , to the north , ranks the 25th largest metro area in the nation , with a population of 2,453,168 . Oregon is one of the most geographically diverse states in the U.S. , marked by volcanoes , abundant bodies of water , dense evergreen and mixed forests , as well as high deserts and semi-arid shrublands . At 11,249 feet ( 3,429 m ) , Mount Hood , a stratovolcano , is the state 's highest point .
Lafayette Curry Baker ( October 13 , 1826 - July 3 , 1868 ) was a United States investigator and spy , serving the Union Army , during the American Civil War and under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson .
Andrew Johnson ( December 29 , 1808 - July 31 , 1875 ) was the 17th president of the United States , serving from 1865 to 1869 . Johnson assumed the presidency as he was vice president of the United States at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln . A Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union ticket , Johnson came to office as the Civil War concluded . He favored quick restoration of the seceded states to the Union without protection for the former slaves . This led to conflict with the Republican-dominated Congress , culminating in his impeachment by the House of Representatives in 1868 . Johnson was subsequently acquitted in the Senate by one vote . Johnson 's main accomplishment as president was the Alaska purchase . Johnson was born in poverty in Raleigh , North Carolina , and never attended school . Apprenticed as a tailor , he worked in several frontier towns before settling in Greeneville , Tennessee . He served as alderman and mayor there before being elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1835 . After brief service in the Tennessee Senate , Johnson was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1843 , where he served five two-year terms . He became governor of Tennessee for four years , and was elected by the legislature to the U.S. Senate in 1857 .
Nathaniel Prentice ( or Prentiss ) Banks ( January 30 , 1816 - September 1 , 1894 ) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War . A millworker by background , Banks was prominent in local debating societies , and his oratorical skills were noted by the Democratic Party . However , his abolitionist views fitted him better for the nascent Republican Party , through which he became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Governor of Massachusetts in the 1850s . Always a political chameleon ( for which he was criticized by contemporaries ) , Banks was the first professional politician ( with no outside business or other interests ) to serve as Massachusetts Governor . At the outbreak of the Civil War , President Lincoln appointed Banks as one of the first 'political ' major generals , over the heads of West Point regulars , who initially resented him , but came to acknowledge his influence on the administration of the war . After suffering a series of inglorious setbacks in the Shenandoah River Valley at the hands of Stonewall Jackson , Banks replaced Benjamin Butler at New Orleans as commander of the Department of the Gulf , charged with administration of Louisiana and gaining control of the Mississippi River . But he failed to reinforce Grant at Vicksburg , and badly handled the Siege of Port Hudson , taking its surrender only after Vicksburg had fallen . He then launched the Red River Campaign , a failed attempt to occupy eastern Texas that prompted his recall . Banks was regularly criticized for the failures of his campaigns , notably in tactically important tasks including reconnaissance . Banks was also instrumental in early reconstruction efforts in Louisiana , intended by Lincoln as a model for later such activities . After the war , Banks returned to the Massachusetts political scene , serving in Congress , where he supported Manifest Destiny , influenced the Alaska Purchase legislation , and supported women 's suffrage . In his later years he adopted more liberal progressive causes , and served as a United States marshal for Massachusetts before suffering a decline in his mental faculties .
Massachusetts ( /ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɪts/ ( listen ) , /-zɪts/ ) , officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States . It borders on the Atlantic Ocean to the east , the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south , New Hampshire and Vermont to the north , and New York to the west . The capital of Massachusetts is Boston , which is also the most populous city in New England . It is home to the Greater Boston metropolitan area , a region influential upon American history , academia , and industry . Originally dependent on agriculture , fishing and trade , Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during the Industrial Revolution . During the 20th century , Massachusetts 's economy shifted from manufacturing to services . Modern Massachusetts is a global leader in biotechnology , engineering , higher education , finance , and maritime trade . Plymouth was the site of the second colony in New England after Popham Colony in 1607 in what is now Maine . Plymouth was founded in 1620 by the Pilgrims , passengers of the Mayflower . In 1692 , the town of Salem and surrounding areas experienced one of America 's most infamous cases of mass hysteria , the Salem witch trials . In 1777 , General Henry Knox founded the Springfield Armory , which during the Industrial Revolution catalyzed numerous important technological advances , including interchangeable parts . In 1786 , Shays ' Rebellion , a populist revolt led by disaffected American Revolutionary War veterans , influenced the United States Constitutional Convention .
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives . The office was established in 1789 by Article I , Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution . The speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House of Representatives , and is simultaneously the House 's presiding officer , de facto leader of the body 's majority party , and the institution 's administrative head . Speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions . Given these several roles and responsibilities , the speaker usually does not personally preside over debates . That duty is instead delegated to members of the House from the majority party . Neither does the speaker regularly participate in floor debates . The Constitution does not require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the House of Representatives , although every speaker thus far has been . The speaker is second in the United States presidential line of succession , after the vice president and ahead of the president pro tempore of the Senate . The current House speaker , Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California , was elected to the office on January 3 , 2019 . Pelosi previously served as speaker from January 4 , 2007 , to January 3 , 2011 . She has the distinction of being the first woman to serve as speaker , and is also the first former speaker to be returned to office since Sam Rayburn in 1955 .
The governor of Massachusetts , officially the governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , is the chief executive of the Government of Massachusetts and serves as commander-in-chief of the commonwealth 's military forces . Massachusetts has a republican system of government , akin to a presidential system , where the governor acts as the head of government while having a distinct role from that of the legislative branch . The governor has far reaching political obligations ranging from ceremonial to political . While being the chief representative of Massachusetts as a US State , the governor also is in charge of the cabinet , signs bills into law , and has veto power . The governor is also a member of the Massachusetts Governor 's Council , a popularly elected council with eight members who provide advice and consent on certain legal matters and appointments . Beginning with the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629 , the role of Governor has changed throughout its history in terms of powers and selection . The modern form of the position was created in the 1780 constitution , which called for the position of a supreme executive magistrate . Governors are elected every four years during state elections on the first Tuesday of November after the 1st , the most recent being in 2018 . Elected governors are then inaugurated on the first Thursday of the following January after the 1st . The current governor is Charlie Baker .
Francis Channing Barlow ( October 19 , 1834 - January 11 , 1896 ) was a lawyer , politician , and Union General during the American Civil War .
John Gross Barnard ( May 19 , 1815 - May 14 , 1882 ) was a career engineering officer in the U.S. Army , serving in the Mexican-American War , as the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy and as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . He served as Chief Engineer of the Army of the Potomac , 1861 to 1862 , Chief Engineer of the Department of Washington from 1861 to 1864 , and as Chief Engineer of the armies in the field from 1864 to 1865 . He also was a distinguished scientist , engineer , mathematician , historian and author .
The Superintendent of the United States Military Academy is its commanding officer . This position is roughly equivalent to the chancellor or president of an American civilian university . The officer appointed is , by tradition , a graduate of the United States Military Academy , commonly known as West Point . However , this is not an official requirement for the position . The Superintendency had often been a stepping stone to higher prominence in the Army . Four Superintendents became Chief of Staff of the Army : Hugh Lenox Scott , Douglas MacArthur , Maxwell Davenport Taylor , and William Westmoreland . The list of Superintendents includes five Medal of Honor recipients : Oliver Otis Howard , Douglas MacArthur , Albert Leopold Mills , John McAllister Schofield , John Moulder Wilson . Many Superintendents later became Commanding Generals , such as Joseph Gardner Swift . The post is now a terminal assignment in the Army ; as a condition for detail to the position , officers are required by law to acknowledge that they will retire at the end of their appointment . This formulation was meant to secure the independence of Superintendents from unlawful command influence ; however , in practice the resulting lame duck status restricts their power and influence in the Army . There has been discussion about reverting to the previous system or recalling a retired officer to fill the post . The billet carries the rank of lieutenant general , and is not counted against the Army 's statutory limit on the number of active-duty officers above the rank of major general .
James Barnes ( December 28 , 1801 - February 12 , 1869 ) was a railroad executive and a Union Army general in the American Civil War .
Joseph K. Barnes ( July 21 , 1817 - April 5 , 1883 ) was an American physician and the 12th Surgeon General of the United States Army ( 1864-1882 ) .
Doctor of Medicine ( abbreviated M.D. , from the Latin Medicinae Doctor ) is a medical degree , the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions . In the United States , Canada and some other countries , the M.D . denotes a professional graduate degree awarded upon graduation from medical school . In the United States , this generally arose because many in 18th century medical professions trained in Scotland , which used the M.D . degree nomenclature . In England , however , Bachelor of Medicine , Bachelor of Surgery was used and eventually in the 19th century became the standard in Scotland too . Thus , in the United Kingdom , Ireland and other countries , the M.D . is a research doctorate , higher doctorate , honorary doctorate or applied clinical degree restricted to those who already hold a professional degree in medicine ; in those countries , the equivalent professional to the North American and some others use of M.D . is still typically titled Bachelor of Medicine , Bachelor of Surgery ( M.B.B.S . ) .
The Surgeon General of the United States Army is the senior-most officer of the U.S. Army Medical Department ( AMEDD ) . By policy , the Surgeon General ( TSG ) serves as Commanding General , U.S. Army Medical Command ( MEDCOM ) as well as head of the AMEDD . The surgeon general 's office and staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon General ( OTSG ) and are located in Falls Church , Virginia . Since 1959 , TSG has been appointed in the grade of lieutenant general . By law , TSG may be appointed from any of the six officer branches of the AMEDD . However , prior to the 43rd Surgeon General , Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho - an Army Nurse Corps officer - all appointed and confirmed surgeons general have been Medical Corps officers - military physicians . The incumbent Surgeon General is medical administrator Lieutenant General R. Scott Dingle , a Medical Service Corps officer . The 44th Army Surgeon LTG Nadja West retired on July 19 , 2019 .
Abraham Lincoln ( /ˈlɪŋkən/ ; February 12 , 1809 - April 15 , 1865 ) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States ( 1861-1865 ) . Lincoln led the nation through its greatest moral , constitutional , and political crisis in the American Civil War . He preserved the Union , abolished slavery , strengthened the federal government , and modernized the U.S. economy . Lincoln was born in poverty in a log cabin and was raised on the frontier primarily in Indiana . He was self-educated and became a lawyer , Whig Party leader , Illinois state legislator , and U.S . Congressman from Illinois . In 1849 he returned to his law practice but became vexed by the opening of additional lands to slavery as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act . He reentered politics in 1854 , becoming a leader in the new Republican Party and he reached a national audience in the 1858 debates against Stephen Douglas . Lincoln ran for President in 1860 , sweeping the North in victory . Pro-slavery elements in the South equated his success with the North 's rejection of their right to practice slavery , and southern states began seceding from the union . To secure its independence , the new Confederate States of America fired on Fort Sumter , a U.S. fort in the South , and Lincoln called up forces to suppress the rebellion and restore the Union . As the leader of moderate Republicans , Lincoln found his political opposition was manifold , and included Radical Republicans , War Democrats , Copperheads ( anti-war Democrats ) , and irreconcilable secessionists .
James Abram Garfield ( November 19 , 1831 - September 19 , 1881 ) was the 20th president of the United States , serving from March 4 , 1881 until his death by assassination six and a half months later . He is the only sitting member of the United States House of Representatives to be elected to the presidency . Garfield entered politics as a Republican in 1857 . He served as a member of the Ohio State Senate from 1859 to 1861 . Garfield opposed Confederate secession , served as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War , and fought in the battles of Middle Creek , Shiloh , and Chickamauga . He was first elected to Congress in 1862 to represent Ohio 's 19th District . Throughout Garfield 's extended congressional service after the Civil War , he firmly supported the gold standard and gained a reputation as a skilled orator . Garfield initially agreed with Radical Republican views regarding Reconstruction , but later favored a moderate approach for civil rights enforcement for freedmen . At the 1880 Republican National Convention , delegates chose Garfield - who had not sought the White House - as a compromise presidential candidate on the 36th ballot . In the 1880 presidential election , Garfield conducted a low-key front porch campaign and narrowly defeated Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock . Garfield 's accomplishments as president included a resurgence of presidential authority against senatorial courtesy in executive appointments , purging corruption in the Post Office , and appointing a U.S. Supreme Court justice . He enhanced the powers of the presidency when he defied the powerful New York senator Roscoe Conkling by appointing William H. Robertson to the lucrative post of Collector of the Port of New York , starting a fracas that ended with Robertson 's confirmation and Conkling 's resignation from the Senate .
Henry Alanson Barnum ( September 24 , 1833 - January 29 , 1892 ) was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military 's highest decoration , the Medal of Honor .
The Battle of Lookout Mountain was fought November 24 , 1863 , as part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War . Union forces under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker assaulted Lookout Mountain , Chattanooga , Tennessee , and defeated Confederate forces commanded by Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson . Lookout Mountain was one engagement in the Chattanooga battles between Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant 's Military Division of the Mississippi and the Confederate Army of Tennessee , commanded by Gen. Braxton Bragg . It drove in the Confederate left flank and allowed Hooker 's men to assist in the Battle of Missionary Ridge the following day , which routed Bragg 's army , lifting the siege of Union forces in Chattanooga , and opening the gateway into the Deep South .
William Farquhar Barry ( August 18 , 1818 - July 18 , 1879 ) was a career officer in the United States Army , serving as an artillery commander during the Mexican-American War and Civil War .
Joseph Jackson Bartlett ( November 21 , 1834 - January 14 , 1893 ) was a New York attorney , brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War , and postbellum international diplomat and pensions administrator for the United States Government . He was chosen to receive the stacked arms of General Robert E. Lee 's Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House .
The United States Ambassador to Sweden ( Swedish : USA : s ambassadör i Sverige ) serves as the official diplomatic representative of the President and the Government of the United States of America to the King and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden . Diplomatic relations between Sweden and the United States began with the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce in 1783 . In addition , from 1814 to 1905 the United States Chief of Mission in Sweden also represented United States interest with respect to Norway ; as the latter was during that period of time aligned with Sweden , for purposes of foreign relations , in the Union between Sweden and Norway . The contemporary tendency of American presidents ( of both parties ) is to appoint keen political fundraisers and/or prominent supporters from previous presidential election campaigns , rather than promoting professional members of the United States Foreign Service to the top position . The current Ambassador is Ken Howery , who presented his credentials on November 7 , 2019 .
The United States Ambassador to Norway ( formally the Ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Norway ) is the official representative of the President and the Government of the United States of America to the King and Government of Norway . Since the United States was recognized as an independent country in 1783 , it first established diplomatic relations with Norway in 1818 when Jonathan Russell was accepted as the Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden and Norway . From 1814 to 1905 , Sweden and Norway were in a personal union . Although each country was fully sovereign , they had a common foreign policy and diplomatic service . The United States Ambassador to Sweden thus was the US representative to Norway as well as Sweden . In 1905 Sweden and Norway peacefully separated and Norway continued to be an independent constitutional monarchy . On November 14 , 1905 , the US State Department instructed Ambassador Charles H. Graves to handle affairs for Sweden and Norway separately and the Ambassador was thus commissioned to Norway equally with Sweden , though he remained in Stockholm . On June 22 , 1906 , Herbert H. D. Peirce was appointed to be the first ambassador of the US appointed specifically solely for Norway . On August 6 , 1906 , the embassy in Stockholm ceased all functions related to Norway . Peirce presented his credentials to the foreign minister of Norway on August 13 , 1906 . James P. DeHart assumed duties as Chargé dAffaires ad interim on January 12 , 2017 at the Embassy . On October 23 , 2017 President Donald Trump nominated Kenneth Braithwaite to be the next ambassador to Norway .
William Francis Bartlett ( June 6 , 1840 - December 17 , 1876 ) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and , later , an executive in the iron industry . Bartlett enlisted as a private to serve in the Civil War , leaving in the midst of his studies at Harvard College . By the end of the war , he had risen to the grade of brigadier general , U.S . Volunteers and was awarded the honorary grade of brevet major general , U.S . Volunteers . He successively commanded two regiments , a brigade and a division . Over the course of the war , he was wounded four times . At the close of the war , Bartlett became the manager of several iron works , most notably the Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond , Virginia .
Henry Baxter ( September 8 , 1821 - December 30 , 1873 ) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . At the Battle of Gettysburg , his brigade resisted a Confederate assault from parts of Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes 's division , slaughtering hundreds in a surprise attack on Colonel Alfred Iverson 's brigade , and held the north flank of the Union position for much of the day before retiring due to lack of ammunition . He was wounded four times during the war . He later served as President Grant 's Minister to Honduras .
The following is a list of United States Ambassadors , or other Chiefs of Mission , to Honduras . The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary .
George Dashiell Bayard ( December 18 , 1835 - December 14 , 1862 ) was a career soldier in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War . He was wounded in the Battle of Fredericksburg and died the next day .
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11-15 , 1862 , in and around Fredericksburg , Virginia , in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War . The combat , between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee , was part of the Union Army 's futile frontal attacks on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders on the heights behind the city . It is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the war , with Union casualties more than twice as heavy as those suffered by the Confederates . A visitor to the battlefield described the battle to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as a butchery . Burnside 's plan was to cross the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg in mid-November and race to the Confederate capital of Richmond before Lee 's army could stop him . Bureaucratic delays prevented Burnside from receiving the necessary pontoon bridges in time and Lee moved his army to block the crossings . When the Union army was finally able to build its bridges and cross under fire , direct combat within the city resulted on December 11-12 . Union troops prepared to assault Confederate defensive positions south of the city and on a strongly fortified ridge just west of the city known as Marye 's Heights . On December 13 , the Left Grand Division of Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin was able to pierce the first defensive line of Confederate Lt. Gen. Stonewall Jackson to the south , but was finally repulsed . Burnside ordered the Right and Center Grand Divisions of Maj. Gens . Edwin V. Sumner and Joseph Hooker to launch multiple frontal assaults against Lt. Gen. James Longstreet 's position on Marye 's Heights - all were repulsed with heavy losses . On December 15 , Burnside withdrew his army , ending another failed Union campaign in the Eastern Theater .
George Lafayette Beal ( May 21 , 1825 - December 11 , 1896 ) was an American politician from the state of Maine who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War .
John Beatty ( December 16 , 1828 - December 4 , 1914 ) was an American banker and statesman from Sandusky , Ohio . He served as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War .
Ohio /oʊˈhaɪoʊ/ ( listen ) is a state in the East North Central region of the Midwestern United States . Of the fifty states , it is the 34th largest by area , the seventh most populous , and the tenth most densely populated . The state 's capital and largest city is Columbus . Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie to the north , Pennsylvania to the east , West Virginia to the southeast , Kentucky to the southwest , Indiana to the west , and Michigan to the northwest . The state takes its name from the Ohio River , whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word ohiːyo ' , meaning good river , great river or large creek . Partitioned from the Northwest Territory , Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the Union on March 1 , 1803 , and the first under the Northwest Ordinance . Ohio is historically known as the Buckeye State after its Ohio buckeye trees , and Ohioans are also known as Buckeyes . Ohio rose from the wilderness of Ohio Country west of Appalachia in colonial times through the Northwest Indian Wars as part of the Northwest Territory in the early frontier , to become the first non-colonial free state admitted to the union , to an industrial powerhouse in the 20th century before transitioning to a more information and service based economy in the 21st . The government of Ohio is composed of the executive branch , led by the governor ; the legislative branch , which comprises the bicameral Ohio General Assembly ; and the judicial branch , led by the state Supreme Court . Ohio occupies 16 seats in the United States House of Representatives . Ohio is known for its status as both a swing state and a bellwether in national elections . Seven presidents of the United States have been elected who had Ohio as their home state .
Samuel Beatty ( December 16 , 1820 - May 26 , 1885 ) was an American soldier , sheriff , and farmer from Ohio . He was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . In 1866 , he was awarded the brevet grade of major general of volunteers .
William Worth Belknap ( September 22 , 1829 - October 12 , 1890 ) was a lawyer , soldier in the Union Army , government administrator in Iowa , and the 30th United States Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant . A native of New York , Belknap graduated from Princeton University in 1848 , studied law with a Georgetown attorney , and passed the bar in 1851 . He moved to Iowa , where he practiced law in partnership with Ralph P. Lowe . Belknap entered politics as a Democrat and served one term in the Iowa House of Representatives . When the American Civil War broke out in 1861 , Belknap joined the Union Army . A veteran of the Iowa Militia who had attained the rank of captain , he was commissioned as a major in the 15th Iowa Volunteer Infantry . He took part in numerous engagements , including Shiloh and Corinth , served as a regimental , brigade , division , and corps commander , and served in high-level staff positions . By the end of the war , Belknap had been promoted to brigadier general of volunteers , and received a brevet promotion to major general . After declining a regular Army commission , Belknap was appointed Iowa 's Collector of Internal Revenue by President Andrew Johnson ; he served with distinction for four years . In 1869 , President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Belknap as Secretary of War . During his tenure , Belknap ordered portraits of all the previous Secretaries , intending to create a complete collection in honor of the United States Centennial . In 1871 , Belknap was investigated by Congress , after he was directly involved in the sale of arms and munitions to France , while the United States was ostensibly neutral during the Franco-Prussian War .
The secretary of war was a member of the United States president 's Cabinet , beginning with George Washington 's administration . A similar position , called either Secretary at War or Secretary of War , had been appointed to serve the Congress of the Confederation under the Articles of Confederation between 1781 and 1789 . Benjamin Lincoln and later Henry Knox held the position . When Washington was inaugurated as the first president under the Constitution , he appointed Knox to continue serving as Secretary of War . The secretary of war was the head of the War Department . At first , he was responsible for all military affairs , including naval affairs . In 1798 , the secretary of the Navy was created by statute , and the scope of responsibility for this office was reduced to the affairs of the United States Army . From 1886 onward , the secretary of war was in the line of succession to the presidency , after the vice president of the United States , the speaker of the House of Representatives , the president pro tem of the Senate and the secretary of state . In 1947 , with the passing of the National Security Act of 1947 , the secretary of war was replaced by the secretary of the Army and the secretary of the Air Force , which , along with the secretary of the Navy , have since 1949 been non-Cabinet subordinates under the secretary of defense . The secretary of the Army 's office is generally considered the direct successor to the secretary of war 's office although the secretary of defense took the secretary of war 's position in the Cabinet , and the line of succession to the presidency .
Lewis Benedict ( September 2 , 1817 - April 9 , 1864 ) was a politician in New York State and later fought in the American Civil War . He served as a Union colonel and was awarded the rank of brevet brigadier general after his death in the Battle of Pleasant Hill .
The Battle of Pleasant Hill , Louisiana ( 9 April 1864 ) , formed part of the Red River Campaign during the American Civil War , when Union forces were aiming to occupy the state capital Shreveport . The battle was essentially a continuation of the Battle of Mansfield ( 8 April ) , a Confederate victory , which had caused the Union commander Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks to send his wagons , with most of his artillery , downriver in retreat . However , both sides had been reinforced through the night , and when the Confederate commander Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor launched an assault against the Union line , it was repulsed , though at a high cost in casualties . This led the demoralised Union army to retreat the next day . For this reason , the result of the battle , technically a Union victory , has been disputed by historians .