Greene County IL Archives Biographies.....Carlin, William Passmore 1829 - 1903
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Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary

CARLIN, William Passmore, soldier, was born in Greene county, Ill., Nov. 24, 
1829. He was graduated at West Point with the rank of brevet 2nd lieutenant of 
infantry in 1850, and assigned to duty at Fort Snelling, Minn. He was in 
active service during the Sioux expedition, and also in the Cheyenne and Utah 
campaigns, as 1st lieutenant, which rank he received in March, 1855. In 1858 
he marched to California, where he remained in service for two years. In 1861 
he received the rank of captain, and entered the volunteer service as colonel 
of the 38th Illinois volunteers. He was present at the defeat of Gen. Jeff 
Thompson at Frederickton, Mo., after which he commanded the district of 
southeastern Missouri. In October, 1862, he won, at Perryville, Ky., the 
promotion to brigadier-general of volunteers. He took part in the Tullahoma 
campaign, and the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary 
Ridge. In November, 1863, he was brevetted lieutenant-colonel for 
distinguished service at Chattanooga; and in February, 1864, as major of the 
16th United States infantry, was engaged in the Georgia campaign and at the 
surrender of Atlanta. On Sept. 1, 1864, at Jonesboro, Georgia, he won the 
brevet of colonel in the regular army; and for his faithful and efficient 
service in the march to the sea, the surrender of Savannah, and the invasion 
of the Carolinas, he was made, in March, 1865, brevet major-general U. S. 
volunteers, and in the same month received the rank of brevet brigadier-
general U. S. army. At the close of the war he was brevetted major-general of 
the regular army. He left the volunteer service in August, 1865, and was 
engaged in frontier duty during the Indian troubles, and in April, 1882, was 
made colonel. He was retired as brigadier-general, 1893. He died on a train in 
Montana, Oct. 4, 1903.

Additional Comments:
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
Vol. I-X. Rossiter Johnson, editor. Boston MA: The Biographical Society. 1904.

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