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UNION BVT. BRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES
GREENE SAWTELLE
CS- signed with rank $35.00
3 ½”" x 1 ¾“ “C.G. Sawtelle Bvt Brig Genl US Army”
Charles G. Sawtelle received an appointment to the
United States Military Academy at 16. Graduating in
1854, he was brevetted Second Lieutenant of Infantry
and sent to the northwestern frontier to begin his
service in the Sioux expedition of 1854-55. He was
commissioned second lieutenant of the Sixth Infantry
on March 3, 1855, and promoted to First Lieutenant
five years later. During these years his duties kept him
in the West, in Minnesota, Dakota, Kansas, Utah,
California, and Arizona. After February 15, 1857, he
served as regimental quartermaster and for a few
months, as acting regimental adjutant.
Transferred East in 1861, he was appointed captain
and assistant quartermaster in the Department on
May 17. At first he was stationed for several months at
Perryville, Maryland, where, at the direction of
General George B. McClellan, he organized a new
depot on the Susquehanna. He took an active part in
the Virginia Peninsular Campaign, disembarking and
forwarding troops and supplies for the Army of the
Potomac in succession from Fort Monroe, the White
House on the Pamunky River, and Harrison's
Landing. Between September 7 and November 12,
1862, as acting Chief Quartermaster of the Army of
the Potomac he supervised the forwarding of supplies
from Washington during the Maryland Campaign.
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers on
November 12, he served as Chief Quartermaster of the
2nd Corps until the following January 24, when he
became Chief Quartermaster of the Cavalry Corps,
Army of the Potomac. He participated in Stoneman's
Raid toward Richmond in May 1863. He then helped
forward supplies from Washington and Alexandria for
use in the Gettysburg campaign. At the request of
Major General George Stoneman, Chief of Cavalry;
be was stationed in Washington as Chief
Quartermaster of the Cavalry Bureau from August
1863 to February 1864.
In that month Sawtelle was transferred to the West
and until the end of April was Chief Quartermaster at
Brownsville, Texas. The following month he moved
"with transports and supplies to meet the army of
Major General Nathaniel P. Banks which was then
returning from the Red River campaign. They met at
the Atchafalaya where Sawtelle constructed a bridge
900 feet across the river, using 21 large steamers as
pontoons. After remaining a few weeks in charge of
steam transportation in the Department of the Gulf,
he was appointed Chief Quartermaster of the Military
Division of West Mississippi, an office he retained for
about a year. He was engaged in forwarding troops
and supplies for the Mobile campaign and the
expedition that terminated in the surrender of the
Confederate forces under Major General Richard
Taylor. In the meantime, on May 25, 1865, Sawtelle
was promoted to Colonel of Volunteers. For faithful
and meritorious services during the war, he was
brevetted Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, and
Brigadier General, U. S. Army.
Sawtelle died on January 4, 1913, at the age of 79, and
was buried with full military honors at Arlington
National Cemetery.
GREENE SAWTELLE
CS- signed with rank $35.00
3 ½”" x 1 ¾“ “C.G. Sawtelle Bvt Brig Genl US Army”
Charles G. Sawtelle received an appointment to the
United States Military Academy at 16. Graduating in
1854, he was brevetted Second Lieutenant of Infantry
and sent to the northwestern frontier to begin his
service in the Sioux expedition of 1854-55. He was
commissioned second lieutenant of the Sixth Infantry
on March 3, 1855, and promoted to First Lieutenant
five years later. During these years his duties kept him
in the West, in Minnesota, Dakota, Kansas, Utah,
California, and Arizona. After February 15, 1857, he
served as regimental quartermaster and for a few
months, as acting regimental adjutant.
Transferred East in 1861, he was appointed captain
and assistant quartermaster in the Department on
May 17. At first he was stationed for several months at
Perryville, Maryland, where, at the direction of
General George B. McClellan, he organized a new
depot on the Susquehanna. He took an active part in
the Virginia Peninsular Campaign, disembarking and
forwarding troops and supplies for the Army of the
Potomac in succession from Fort Monroe, the White
House on the Pamunky River, and Harrison's
Landing. Between September 7 and November 12,
1862, as acting Chief Quartermaster of the Army of
the Potomac he supervised the forwarding of supplies
from Washington during the Maryland Campaign.
Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of Volunteers on
November 12, he served as Chief Quartermaster of the
2nd Corps until the following January 24, when he
became Chief Quartermaster of the Cavalry Corps,
Army of the Potomac. He participated in Stoneman's
Raid toward Richmond in May 1863. He then helped
forward supplies from Washington and Alexandria for
use in the Gettysburg campaign. At the request of
Major General George Stoneman, Chief of Cavalry;
be was stationed in Washington as Chief
Quartermaster of the Cavalry Bureau from August
1863 to February 1864.
In that month Sawtelle was transferred to the West
and until the end of April was Chief Quartermaster at
Brownsville, Texas. The following month he moved
"with transports and supplies to meet the army of
Major General Nathaniel P. Banks which was then
returning from the Red River campaign. They met at
the Atchafalaya where Sawtelle constructed a bridge
900 feet across the river, using 21 large steamers as
pontoons. After remaining a few weeks in charge of
steam transportation in the Department of the Gulf,
he was appointed Chief Quartermaster of the Military
Division of West Mississippi, an office he retained for
about a year. He was engaged in forwarding troops
and supplies for the Mobile campaign and the
expedition that terminated in the surrender of the
Confederate forces under Major General Richard
Taylor. In the meantime, on May 25, 1865, Sawtelle
was promoted to Colonel of Volunteers. For faithful
and meritorious services during the war, he was
brevetted Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, and
Brigadier General, U. S. Army.
Sawtelle died on January 4, 1913, at the age of 79, and
was buried with full military honors at Arlington
National Cemetery.
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