• Alexander, Andrew Jonathan
  Ky. Mo.
  2 Lieutenant and 1 Lieutenant mounted rifles 26 July 1861
  3 cavalry 3 Aug 1861
  Lieutenant Colonel assistant adjutant-general assigned 1 Jan to 10 Aug 1863 and 23 Apr 1864 to 24 Apr 1865
  Captain 3 cavalry 13 Sept 1863
  Major 8 cavalry 28 July 1866
  Lieutenant Colonel 2 cavalry 20 Mar 1879
  retired 3 July 1885
  Brevet Captain 1 July 1862 for gallant and meritorious service during the Peninsular campaign in Va
  Major 3 July 1863 for gallant and meritorious service during the Gettysburg campaign
  Lieutenant Colonel 20 July 1864 for gallant and meritorious service during the Atlanta campaign
  Colonel 2 Apr 1865 for gallant and meritorious service in the capture of Selma Ala and
  Brigadier General 16 Apr 1865 for distinguished skill and gallantry in the cavalry engagements at Ebenezer Church Ala and Columbus Ga and
  for steadfast devotion to duty in the field during the war, also
  Brevet Colonel and Brigadier General volunteers 5 Jan 1865
  died 4 May 1887

• Alexander, Barton Stone
  Ky. Ky.
  Cadet Military Academy 1 July 1838 (7)
  Brevet 2 Lieutenant engineers 1 July 1842
  2 Lieutenant 30 Sept 1843
  1 Lieutenant 3 Mar 1853
  Captain 1 July 1856
  Lieutenant Colonel additional aide de camp 28 Sept 1861 to 31 May 1866
  Major engineers 3 Mar 1863
  Lieutenant Colonel 7 Mar 1867
  Brevet Major 21 July 1861 for gallant and meritorious service at the battle of Bull Run Va
  Lieutenant Colonel 4 May 1862 for gallant and meritorious service at the siege of Yorktown Va and
  Colonel and Brigadier General 13 Mar 1865 for meritorious service during the rebellion
  died 15 Dec 1878

• Alexander, Charles Tripler
  Ind T. Ark.
  Assistant Surgeon 1 Oct 1856
  Major Surgeon 9 Feb 1863
  Lieutenant Colonel Surgeon 26 July 1886
  Colonel chief medical purser 11 Sept 1891
  Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 13 Mar 1865 for faithful and meritorious service during the war and
  Colonel 27 Feb 1890 for gallant service in action against Indians at Clearwater Idaho 11 and 12 July 1877
  retired 3 May 1897

• Alexander, Demas M.
  Ill. Kans.
  2 Lieutenant 12 Kans infantry 30 Sept 1862
  Captain commissary of subsistence volunteers 30 July 1863
  Brevet Major volunteers 4 Aug 1866 for faithful service in the subsistence department
  honorably mustered out 21 Aug 1866

• Alexander, Dicks
  Va. Tenn.
  Ensign 39 infantry 17 Mar 1814
  3 Lieutenant 20 May 1814
  honorably discharged 15 June 1815

• Alexander, Edmund Brooke
  Va. Ky.
  Cadet Military Academy 6 Oct 1818 (33)
  Brevet 2 Lieutenant 6 infantry 1 July 1823
  2 Lieutenant 3 infantry 1 July 1823
  1 Lieutenant 29 Dec 1827
  Captain 7 July 1838
  Captain assistant quartermaster 7 July 1838
  Major 8 infantry 10 Nov 1851
  Colonel 10 infantry 3 Mar 1855
  retired 22 Feb 1869
  Brevet Major 18 Apr 1847 for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Cerro Gordo Mex
  Lieutenant Colonel 20 Aug 1847 for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco Mex
  Brigadier General 18 Oct 1865 for meritorious service in the
  recruitment of the armies of the U S
  died 3 Jan 1888

• Alexander, Edward Henry
  Va. DC.
  Cadet Military Academy 20 May 1814 to 3 July 1817
  2 Lieutenant 4 infantry 22 May 1818
  1 Lieutenant 20 Aug 1820
  resigned 29 Noy 1826

• Alexander, Edward Porter
  Ga. Ga.
  Cadet Military Academy l July 1853 (3)
  Brevet 2 Lieutenant engineers 1 July 1857
  2 Lieutenant 10 Oct 1858
  resigned 1 May 1861
  Brigadier General Confederate States Army - war 1861 to 1865

• Alexander, Frederic William
  Md. Md.
  Captain Baltimore battery Md volunteers 18 Aug 1862 to 31 Mar 1865
  Captain commissary of subsistence volunteers 28 Feb 1865
  Brevet Major volunteers 3 Jan 1865 for gallantry in the field and
  Lieutenant Colonel 3 Jan 1866 for faithful service in the sub dept
  honorably mustered out 10 Jan 1866

• Alexander, James B.
  Ky. Ky.
  Captain commissary of subsistence volunteers 23 Sept to 6 Dec 1861
  2 Lieutenant 1 cavalry 26 Noy 1861
  died 18 June 1862

• Alexander, James Barton Stone
  Va. Va.
  Cadet Military Academy 1 July l852 (37)
  Brevet 2 Lieutenant 5 infantry 1 July 1856
  2 Lieutenant 9 infantry 10 Sept 1856
  resigned 9 May 1861
  [died 15 Aug 1861]

• Alexander, James T.
  Va. Va.
  military storekeeper 19 Sept 1822
  honorably discharged 10 May 1824

• Alexander, John Hanks
  Ark. Ohio.
  Cadet Military Academy l July 1883 (32)
  2 Lieutenant 9 cavalry 12 June 1887
  died 26 Mar 1894

• Alexander, Levi
  Md. Md.
  Lieutenant 9 infantry 8 Jan 1799
  1 Lieutenant 3 Mar 1799
  honorably discharged 15 June 1800
  [died 1809]

Source:

Extracted from the Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: 1789 - 1903. Names are followed by state or country where 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:

• U.S. Military Records on Ancestry.com

• Maryland and Delaware Revolutionary Patriots, 1775-1783 Military Records

  New York in the Revolution and War of 1812

• Military Records off the Beaten Path

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