sentences:  For the attack on Fort Blakely he was brevetted major general and was mustered out on August 24, 1865.His later career included one term as a radical Republican congressman; he was also territorial governor of New Mexico and a diplomat to Venezuela.Pile was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Missouri in 1866, serving from 1867 to 1869, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1868.