• Alger, Frederick Moulton
  Mich. Mich.
  Captain assistant adjutant-general volunteers 10 May 1898
  honorably discharged 1 Nov 1898

• Alger, Russell Alexander
  Ohio. Mich.
  Captain 2 Mich cavalry 2 Oct 1861
  Major 2 Apr 1862
  Lieutenant Colonel 6 Mich cavalry 30 Oct 1862
  Colonel 5 Mich cavalry 11 June 1863
  Brevet Brigadier General and Maj General volunteers 11 June 1865 for gallantry and meritorious service during the war
  resigned 20 Sept 1864
  Secretary of War 5 Mar 1897 to 1 Aug 1899

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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