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Surviving Civil War Generals Remain in Rosters Across States
The roster shows twelve states and the District of Columbia represented among surviving Civil War volunteer generals as of January 1. New York is home to two major generals Grenville M. Dodge and John Stahl, with several others in New York City and nearby towns. The list includes brigadier generals in Massachusetts, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and more, totaling twenty-five brigadier generals with eight named by name. Ages range from about seventy to eighty-six, with the youngest surviving general Nelson A. Miles at seventy-eight and oldest, I. Sickles, at eighty-four. The average age of the surviving officers is around seventy-nine, and the overall survivor rate for ranks has declined from 1805 levels.
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District of
Coimbra
Ew York
Merals
Grenville M. Dodge
Johs Stabl
Pth
New Yorkty
Empire State
N. M. Curtis
Ogddasbore
W. H
Béw‘a
Aunburn
Alexander Shaler
Edgefield
A. S. Webb
Riverdale
B. M. McCook
New York
Minneapolis
R. F. Patterson
L. A. Grant
C. C. Andrews
St. Paul
Dodge
Stahl
Thom
Cyrus Bussey
Ashington
Joshua L. Chamberlain Brunswick
Selden Connor
Igusta
A. L. Chetlain
William Oy Smith
Green B. Baum
Chigo
Clayton Powell
Eureka Springs
John Cook
Ransom
Byron Pierce
Grand Rapids
Mich
J. Aoper
St.John
Kan
D. McM. ‘Egg
Reading
B. M. Harland
Which
Conn
G.F. McGinnis
Inanapolis
C. J. Paine
Boston
Ckerson
Needham
Adelbertes
Lowell
Maag
John Beatty
Coinbus
Feral Selden Connor
Cooper
Nelson A. Miles
Sickles
Cles
Miles
Aptain
George L. Kelmer