Lieutenant Colonel George Bishop, of the Seventy-eighth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Port Hudson, Louisiana, to date from March 31, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel L. K. Bishop, of the Twenty-first Michigan Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel P. P. Bixby, of the Sixth New Hampshire Volun teers, for gallant and highly meritorious conduct in the assault before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Black, of the One Hundred and Eleventh Illinois Volunteers, for meritorious conduct during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Lewis J. Blair, of the Eighty-eighth Michigan Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel D. W. Bliss, Surgeon United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel James Bliss, of the Eighth New York Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Asa P. Blunt, Assistant Quartermaster United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from June 9, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Bodine, of the Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bogardus, of the One Hundred and Fiftyfirst New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Bogle, Major of the Thirty-fifth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John A. Bolles, Major and Additional Aide-de-Camp, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from July 17, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel R. B. Bontecon, Surgeon of the United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Boone, of the Twenty-eighth Kentucky Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel James H. Boucher, Surgeon United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel A. H. Bowen, Major of the Sixth Regiment United States Colored Cavalry, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Nicolas Bowen, Assistant Adjutant General of the Ninth Army Corps, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bower, Surgeon of the Sixth Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, for faithful and meritorious services as Chief Surgeon of the First Brigade, Third Division, Fifth Army Corps, during the Wilderness campaign, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Boyd, Assistant Quartermaster United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Brackett, Major of the Brackett Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry Battalion, for meritorious conduct during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel George Bradley, of the Seventh Minnesota Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege and capture of Spanish Fort, Mobile Harbor, Alabama, to date from April 8, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel George W. Bradley, Assistant Quartermaster United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Allen G. Brady, Major of the Twentieth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for meritorious services during the war, to date from August 7, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel James Brady, of the First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Brannon, of the Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for conspicuous and gallant conduct before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel David Branson, of the Sixty-second Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Cyrus E. Briant, of the Eighty-eighth Indiana Volunteers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Alva W. Briggs, of the One Hundred and Sixth New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel J. H. Brigham, of the Sixty-ninth Ohio Volun teers, for meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865,

Colonel Roeliff Brinkerhoff, Assistant Quartermaster, United States Volunteers, for meritorious services in the Quartermaster's Department during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel John M. Brown, of the Thirty-second Maine Infantry, for distinguished gallantry in the battle of Gettysburg, Pa., to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Richard A. Brown, of the Sixty-first New York Volunteers, for meritorious conduct during the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel S. Lockwood Brown, Assistant Quartermaster United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonei Theodore F. Brown, Captain of the Fiftyfirst Illinois Volunteers, for gallant conduct at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, and for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel John Bruce, of the Nineteenth Iowa Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in the siege and reduction of Spanish Fort, Alabama, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Bruff, of the One Hundred and Twentyfifth Ohio Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Brush, Major of the Fifty-third Illinois Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Orlando M. Bryan, Surgeon United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Bryant, Captain of the Sixtyeighth Indiana Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Mission Ridge, and other battles under General Sherman, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel A. E. Buck, of the Fifty-first Regiment United

States Colored Infantry, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, and for gallant conduct at the siege of Fort Blakeley in April, 1865, to date from April 8, 1865..

Lieutenant Colonel Philo B. Buckingham, of the Twentieth Connecticut Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the recent campaign in Georgia and the Carolinas, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel C. S. Buckley, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Martin P. Buffum, of the Ninth Regiment United States Veteran Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel William A. Bullitt, of the Third Kentucky Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Stone River and Chickamauga, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel W. L. M. Burger, Major and Assistant、 Adjutant General of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services in the Adjutant General's Department, to date from March 12, 1866.

Lieutenant Colonel D. F. Burke, of the Eighty-eighth New York Volunteers, for conspicuous gallantry in the engagement near Boydton plank road, Virginia, for efficient services on all subsequent occasions, and for particularly meritorious services during the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General Robert E. Lee, to date from April 9, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John Burleigh, Captain of the Seventeenth New York Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Horace B. Burnham, Judge Advocate United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel M. W. Burns, of the Seventy-third New York Volunteers, for gallant services before Petersburg and at the battle of Little Sailor's Creek, Virginia, to date from April 6, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Raymond Burr, Assistant Quartermaster United States Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel John T. Burris, of the Tenth Kansas Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

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Lieutenant Colonel M. W. Burt, of the Twenty-second Massachusetts Volunteers, for distinguished gallantry at the battle of Spottsylvania while in command of his regiment, and for conspicuous bravery and faithfulness in the campaign of 1864, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John C. Burton, Major of the Thirteenth Indiana Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Cornelius Cadle, jr., Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel George B. Cadwallader, Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, for faithful and efficient services in the Quartermaster's Department, to date from November 1, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel John B. Callis, of the Seventh Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for efficient and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel B. F. Campbell, of the Thirty-sixth Illinois Veteran Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel J. A. Campbell, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel C. C. Carpenter, Chief Commissary of Subsistence of the Sixteenth Army Corps, for efficient and meritorious services, to date from July 12, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel L. H. Carpenter, of the Fifth Regiment United States Colored Troops, for faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel George B. Carse, Captain of the Twentyfourth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, to date from March 13, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel David J. Caw, of the Seventy-seventh New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services before Petersburg, Virginia, to date from April 2, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas D. Chamberlain, of the Twentieth Maine Volunteers, for distinguished services in the battle of Five Forks, Va., to date from April 1, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Christian T. Christensen, Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, for faithful and meritorious services, to date from March 13, 1865.