• Armes, George Augustus
  Va. DC.
  Private B 16 W Va infantry 1 Sept 1862
  2 Lieutenant 26 Nov 1862
  honorably mustered out 10 June 1863
  2 Lieutenant Veteran Reserve Corps 1 July 1863
  resigned 28 Oct 1864
  Captain 2 N Y artillery 7 Nov 1864
  Brevet Major volunteers 13 Mar 1865 for gallantry and meritorious service during the campaigns of 1864 and 1865
  honorably mustered out 29 Sept 1865
  2 Lieutenant 2 cavalry 19 Apr 1866
  Captain 10 cavalry 28 July 1866
  honorably discharged 7 June 1870
  Captain 10 cavalry 11 May 1878 to rank from 28 July 1866
  act 23 Apr 1878
  retired 15 Sept 1883
  Brevet Major 2 Mar 1867 for gallantry and meritorious service in action at Hatchers Run Va 9 Dec 1864

Extracted from the Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: 1789 - 1903
By Francis B. Heitman
Published under act of Congress approved March 2, 1903

Names are followed by state or countrywhere born and then the state from which originally appointed but when there is only one place listed, it indicates the state whence appointed, the place of birth not being known.

Where "Cadet Military Academy" is indicated, the next date refers to the date he entered that institution, and the figure in parenthesis represents his standing in the graduating class.

Some additional excellent resources for your research are:
• Interment.net ~ Cemetery Transcriptions on the net.

• Ancestry.com ~ A huge compilation of databases some of which are free and some of which require a paid subscription.

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