Shooting Stars and Falling Stars
Generals Who Died
in the American Civil War

Union Army: 1864

by Rudy Scott Nelson



January 24. Stephen G Champlin
WIA at Seven Pines Va in 1862 and never recovered, died of wounds

May 5. MG Alexander Hays
KIA Wilderness campaign

May 8. James S. Wadsworth
KIA Wilderness campaign

May 9. MG John Sedgwick
KIA Spotsylvannia

May 10. Thomas G. Stevenson
KIA Spotsylvannia, shot by a sharpshooter

May 15. James C. Rice
WIA Spotsylvannia on May 10

June 4. Arthur H. Dutton
WIA Bermuda Hundred, died of wounds; not listed in some sources

June 17. James S Morton
KIA at Petersburg Siege as a Colonel; promoted posthumously

June 26. Charles G. Harker
KIA Kennesaw Mountain Ga.

July 17. Daniel McCook
WIA at Kennesaw Mountain Ga., died of wounds

July 6. Samuel A. Rice
KIA Jenkin’s Ferry

July 22. MG James B. McPherson
KIA Atlanta

August 6 . Griffin A Stedman
KIA Petersburg Siege

August 15. D A Woodberry
Died of Yellow Fever at Key West while on campaign

September 12. Joshua B Howell
Killed at Petersburg when his horse was shot and fell on him; promoted posthumously

September 19. MG David A. Russell
KIA at Opequon near Winchester Va.

September 30. Hiram Bernham (aka Burnhard ?)
KIA at Fort Harrison, Va.

October 13. George D. Wells
KIA Cedar Creek

October 14. David B. Birney
Died of malaria in Philadelphia

October 20. Daniel L. Bidwell (middle name may have been Davidson)
WIA Cedar Creek Va on October 19, died of wounds

October 20. Charles R. Lowell
WIA Cedar Creek va. Died of wounds

October 29 T. E. G. Ransom
WIA at Sabine Crossroads Ga., died of wounds.

December 15. Sylvester G. Hill
KIA near Nashville Tn.; not listed in some sources


Shooting Stars and Falling Stars Generals Who Died in the American Civil War Union Army


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