CARLIN, William Passmore

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Affiliation:  Union

Born:  November 24 1829, Richwoods IL

Died: October 4 1903, nr Whitehall MT

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1850, garrison duty, fought Indians, Utah expedition

War Service: August 1861 Col. of 38th Illinois, commanded 31st Bde/9th Divn/III Corps at Perryville, November 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/1st Divn/XIV Corps at Stone's River, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/XIV Corps at Chattanooga, Atlanta campaign, March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign, commanded 1st Divn/XIV Corps at Bentonville

Post War: Army service, service in the Freedmen's Bureau, frontier duty, retired 1893