This list does only includes commissions during the war years, 1861-1865. It does not include brevet promotions or those who served as general officers outside the Eastern Theater.

United States Regular Army

Commission date	Name	Notes
May 15, 1861	Robert Anderson	Retired in 1863
November 12, 1861	Philip St. George Cooke	Retired in 1863

United States Volunteers

Commission date	Name	Notes
May 6, 1861	Joseph K.F. Mansfield	mortally wounded 9/17/62; posthumously to Maj. Gen.
May 17, 1861	David Hunter	to Maj. Gen. 8/62
May 17, 1861	Philip Kearny	to Maj. Gen. 7/4/62; killed 9/30/62
May 17, 1861	James Cooper	died 3/28/63
June, 1861	Henry W. Benham	commission revoked 8/62 but restored
August 20, 1861	William F. Barry
August 6, 1861	Ambose E. Burnside	to Maj. Gen. 3/18/62, resigned 4/15/65
August 9, 1861	Louis Blenker	Discharged 3/31/63 and died 10/31/63
August 31, 1861	John J. Abercrombie
August 31, 1861	Silas Casey	to Maj. Gen. 5/31/62
September 7, 1861	Daniel Butterfield	Medal of Honor at Gaines’ Mill; to Maj. Gen. 11/29/62
September 3, 1861	Charles D. Jameson	died of Typhoid, 11/6/62
September 23, 1861	John G. Barnard
September 23, 1861	Innis N. Palmer
September 28, 1861	William T.H. Brooks	to Maj. Gen. 6/10/63; revoked 4/6/64; resigned due to health 7/14/64
September 28, 1861	William W. Burns	resigned 3/20/63 and reverted to Commissary Major
November 12, 1861	Christopher C. Augur	to Maj. Gen. 8/9/62
February 12, 1862	Henry M. Nagley	mustered out 4/4/64
February 17, 1862	David B. Birney	to Maj. Gen. 5/20/63; died of disease 10/18/64
March, 1862	Hiram Berry	to Maj. Gen. 11/29/62; mortally wounded 5/3/63
April 28, 1862	Absalom Baird
April 28, 1862	Henry Bohlen	Killed 8/22/62
April 28, 1862	George D. Bayard	mortally wounded 12/13/62
April 28, 1862	John C. Caldwell
April 28, 1862	Max Weber
July 16, 1862	Catharinus P. Buckingham	Resigned 2/11/63
July 17, 1862	Henry S. Briggs
July 17, 1862	John Cochrane	Resigned 2/63 due to health
July 27, 1862	John Buford	died of typhoid 12/16/63; commissioned Maj. Gen. on his deathbed
August 7, 1862	Richard Busteed	commission never sent to Senate and expired 3/4/63
September 7, 1862	Joseph B. Carr	commission expired 3/4/63; reappointed 3/30/63
September 19, 1862	Francis C. Barlow	to Maj. Gen. 5/25/65
September 26, 1862	William W. Averell
October 4, 1862	Joseph J. Bartlett
October 14, 1862	Gustave Paul Cluseret	resigned 3/2/63
November 10, 1862	George L. Andrews
November 29, 1862	Romeyn B. Ayers
November 29, 1862	James Barnes
November 29, 1862	Robert C. Buchanan	expired 3/4/63 when Senate did not confirm
November 29, 1862	Charles T. Campbell	appointment expired 3/4/63 but reappointed 3/13/63
November 29, 1862	Stephen G. Champlin	died 1/24/64 of his wounds from Seven Pines and 2nd Bull Run
November 29, 1862	Joseph T. Copeland	died 1/24/64 of his wounds from Seven Pines and 2nd Bull Run
March 12, 1863	Henry Baxter
May 20, 1863	Adelbert Ames
May 22, 1863	William Birney
May 27, 1863	Edward P. Chapin	posthumous; killed on 5/27/63 at Port Hudson
April 26, 1864	Hiram Burnham	killed September 29, 1864, Chaffin’s Bluff
May 12, 1864	John R. Brooke
May 12, 1864	Samuel S. Carroll
June 11, 1864	Selden Connor
June 20, 1864	William F. Bartlett
June 25, 1864	Edward S. Bragg
July 21, 1864	George H. Chapman
August 11, 1864	Daniel D. Bidwell	mortally wounded 10/19/64
August 22, 1864	Joseph K. Barnes
September 19, 1864	Joshua L. Chamberlain
November 30, 1864	George L. Beale	Surgeon General
May 1, 1865	James S. Brisbin
May 31, 1865	Henry A. Barnum
November 11, 1865	Morgan H. Chrysler	Next to the last full B.G. of Vols.