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have corresponded with such wish, if eve
he entertained it.
Gen. Charles Griffin, who succeeded Gen
Warren in command of the corps, was :
graduate of the Military Academy, ap
pointed Second Lieutenant 4th Art, July
1, 1s47, and was Immediately ordered Il
Mexico. From the termination of the Mex
ican War until the outbreak of the rebellion
he was mostly engaged on frontier duty
At the first battle of Bull Run he was il
command of the West Point Battery" and
was brevetted Major for gallant and merito
rious service in that battle.
On Nov. 9, 1862, he was appointed Briga
der General of Volunteers He served con
tinuously with the Fifth Corps from the
date of its organization to it's final disband
ment. For his gallant and meritorious ser
vices during the rebellion he was brevetted
from Major to Major-General in the Regu'
lar Army, and promoted ON April 2, 1865
Major-General of Volunteers. On July 30
1866, he was appointed Colonel of the 35th
Inf, and commanded the District of Texas
and temporarily the Fifth Military District
until his death, Sept. 10, 1867, at the early
age of al.
After the surrender of Gen. Lee at Appo-
mattox April 8, the corps was employed in
guarding the railroad from Burkesville to
Petersburg, on which duty it remained un-
til early in May, when it started for Wash
ington, where it arrived ON the 10Th and
went into camp at Four Mile Run. On the
23d it took part in the Grand Review of the
Army of the Potomac The order for the
discontinuance of the corps was issued June
90, 1865.
The following is roster of the corps di-
visions, and brigade commanders:
CORPS COMMANDERS.
Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter, from May Is
to Nov. IL, 1862. Maj.-Gen. Joseph Hooker,
from Nov. IL to 16, 1862 Maj Daniel
Butterfield, from Nov. 16 to Dec. 26, 1862.
Maj.-Gen. George G. Meade. from Dec. 26,
1862, to June %, 1863. Maj.-Gen. George
Sykes, from June %, 1868, to March "a. 1864.
Maj Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, from
March "a to Arpil 2, 1865. Maj.-Gen. Chas.
Griffin, from April 2, 1865, to discontinuance
of corps.
Officers exercising temporary command :
Maj Gen. George Sykes, from Oct. 20 to %,
1862; Jan. 10 to 13, 1862; Feb. to Z, 1868;
Feb. 16 to %, 1863; March Is, 1863 Maj
Gen. Charles Griffin, from Jan. 81, to Feb.
1, 1863; Aug. 3-5, 1863. Brig.-Gen. A. A.
Humphreys, from Feb. % to 81, 1863. Brig
S. w. Crawford, from Aug. 5 to Z, 1868
Dec. to IL, 1868; Oct. to 81, 1864; Jan.
3 to 81, 1865; Feb. 10 to %, 1865. Brig
Gen. James s. Wadsworth, from April II to
ii, 1864.
DIVISION COMMANDERS.
First Division.-Brig- Gen. G. W. Moreil,
May 19. June 26, July 81, Oct. %, 1862.
Brig Gen. Charles Griffin, Oct. 20, Nov. 16,
1862, Jan. Is, Feb. 1, March %, May 13, July
6, Aug. 1, Sept. A, 1868; April 3, Is, Aug. 9,
Oct. 26, Nov. II, 1864; Jan. 5, 1865. Col. T. B.
w. Stockton, Oct. 90, 1862. Brig Gen.
Daniel Butterfeld, Nov. /, 1862. Brig-Gen
James Barnes, Dec. %, 1862; Jan. %, May
II, II, Sept. 1, 1863. Col. James. MeQuade,
March 28 May Z, 1863. Col. j. B. Sweitzer,
July %, Oct "a, Dec. 81. 1868; March 25,
1864. Brig.-Gen j. j. Bartlett, Nov. z, 1868
Feb. 8, March 81 April II, July %, Oct. 90,
Nov. 8, Dec. 81, 1864; April 5, 1865. Brig
Gen. r. B. Ayres, March %, 1864. Brighten.
j. L. Chamberlain, April %, 1865.
Second Division. .-Gen. Geo. Sykes,
May 19, 1869; Jan. o, Feb. 2s, May %, 1863.
Brighten. G.. X. Warren, Jan. 2, z, 1868.
Brig Gen. Robert c. Buchanan, Jan z, 1863
Col. P. II. O'Rorke, Feb. %, 1863 Brig
Gen. r. B. Ayres, May %, July 8, 1863 !;
Jan. 20, Nov. %, 1864; Jan. 13, 1865. Col. E.
M. Gregory, Jan. 1, 1864. Col. S. Burbank,
Jan. 2, 1864. Col. D. T. Jenkins, Jan. 4,
1864. Brighten. III. Baxter, March, 1864.
Brig-.G Gen. John c. Robinson, April, 1864
Big.-Gen. FL. Fl. Lockwood, May 80, 1864.
Brevet Brig. Gen. J. Gwyn, Nov. "a, Dsc. %,
1864. Col. F. Winthrop, Jan. 3, 1865.
Third Division.-Brig.-Ge Geo. A. Me-
Call, June Is, 1862 Brighten. T. Seymour,
June 80, 1862. Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphreys,
Sept. 1s, 1862; February, 1868. Col. E. NJ.
Gregory, Jan. 81, 1863. Brig.-Gen. s. W.
Crawford, June 16, Nov. 1, II, Dec. 10, 1868 ::
June 7, Oct %, 1864; Jan. 81, Feb. %, 1865.
Col. William McCandless, Aug. 80, Dee. 9,
1868; Feb. %, 1864. Brig.-Gen. H. Baxter,
Oct. 10, 1864; Jan. 3, Feb 20, June 9, 1865.
Fourth Division.-Brig. Gen. James 8.
Wadsworth, March 81, April 13, 1854. Brig
Gen. James C. Rice, April II, 1854. Brig
Gen. L. Cutler, May 7, 1864. Brig Gen. E. s.
Bragg, Aug. 90, 1864.
BRIGADE COMMANDERS.
First Division.-First tBrigade-Brig. Gen.
J. II. Martindale, May 1s, 1862. Brig. Gen.
James Barnes, July IL, 1862; Feb. 5, 26,
Aug. 20, 1868. Col. c. A. Johnson, JAN 90,
Feb. 10, June 1s, 1868. Col. W. s. Tilton,
June g. 90, Oct. 2, Nov. 23, 1863 Col.
Joseph Hayes, Sept. a, Oct. 81, 1863 Lieut.
Col. T. Sherwin, jr., Sept. 90, 1868. Brig
Gen. R. B. Ayres, March 81, 1864. Brig
Gen. j. L. Chamberlain, Jan. 4, Feb. %, 1865.
Brevet Brig. Gen. H. G. Sickel, Jan. 16, 1865.
Brevet Brig-Gen. A. L. Pearson, April Is,
Brigade-Col. James Nc
Quade, May Is, 1862; March, 1868. Brig
Gen. Charles Griffin, June 26, Nov. 1, 1862.
Col. Jacob B. Sweitzer, Oct. =, Nov. Is, 1862;
April -, Nov. =, Dec. 6, 1868; Feb. 2,
March % 1864 Col p. R. Quincy. Dec.