. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . rmy of the Potomac, being engagedin the battles of South mountain and Antietam, and on the marchto Falmouth. On Sept. 17, 1862, he was brevetted colonel, U. S. A.,for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam; par-ticii)ate(l in the Rappahannock campaign, in command of the 6thcorps, Nov. 14, 1862 to Feb. 4, 1863, and of the 9th corps from to Marcli 17, being engaged in the battle of Fre
. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . rmy of the Potomac, being engagedin the battles of South mountain and Antietam, and on the marchto Falmouth. On Sept. 17, 1862, he was brevetted colonel, U. S. A.,for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam; par-ticii)ate(l in the Rappahannock campaign, in command of the 6thcorps, Nov. 14, 1862 to Feb. 4, 1863, and of the 9th corps from to Marcli 17, being engaged in the battle of Fredericksburg. Hewas commissioned major of the corps of engineers on March 3, 1863,and was in command of a division in the Department of the Sus-quehanna, being engaged in the pursuit of the Confederate armyretreating from Gettysburg, and was then in the Department ofWest Virginia from Aug. 3 to Sept. 5. He served as chief engineerof the Department of the Cumberland, Oct. 10 to November, andof the Military Division of the Mississippi from Nov., 1863 to March31. 1864, in operations about Chattanooga, being engaged in sur-prising a passage and throwing a pontoon bridge across the Ten-. C C. M. W. F. J. G. Spears G. A. Smith .1. T. C. H. Smith I. W. S. Smith I8-5?^-tKir- Brig-Gen. F. B. Spinola (.en. J. W. ^MlTU SmithSmythSpracue Biographical Sketches 219 nessee river at Browns ferry, and he \yas also engaged in the battleof Missionary ridge. On March 9, 1864, he was commissioned major-general of volunteers, and was in command of the i8th corps ofthe Army of the Potomac from May 2 to July 19, being engagedin the operations before Richmond and in the battle of Cold Harborand siege of Petersburg. He was on special duty, under the ordersof the secretary of war, from Nov. 22, 1864 to Dec. 15, 1865, and wasthen on leave of absence until March 7, 1867, when he re
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