There were approximately 120 general officers from

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

who served in the Union Army during the

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. This list consists of generals who were either born in Massachusetts or lived in Massachusetts when they joined the army (in the case of

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officers, the date that they joined army might have preceded the

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by many years). The list includes both Regular and Volunteer Army generals as well as those who received the temporary or honorary rank of

brevet Brevet may refer to: Military * Brevet (military), higher rank that rewards merit or gallantry, but without higher pay * Brevet d'état-major, a military distinction in France and Belgium awarded to officers passing military staff college * Aircre ...

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Union

Confederate

* Charles Adams * Albert Blanchard *Charles Dimmock *

Edward A. Perry Edward Aylesworth Perry (March 15, 1831October 15, 1889) was a general under Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War and the 14th Governor of Florida. Early life He was a descendant of Arthur Perry, one of the earliest settlers of New Engl ...

Albert Pike Albert Pike (December 29, 1809April 2, 1891) was an American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate general who served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in exile from 1864 to 1865. He had previously se ...

* Daniel Ruggles * Claudius W. Sears

References

* Bowen, James L., ''Massachusetts in the War, 1861–1865'', Clark W. Bryan & Co., 1889. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Massachusetts Generals In The American Civil War People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War Generals of the American Civil War

Union

Confederate

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