Colonel, United States Army Cogswell of Indiana Appointed from
Indiana, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1845 (11)
Brevet Second Lieutenant, , 4th U. S. Infantry, 1 July 1849
Second Lieutenant, 8th U. S. Infantry, 4 August 1849 First
Lieutenant, 15 August 1855 Captain, 13 May 1861 Colonel, 42nd
New York Volunteer Infantry, 21 July 1861 Transferred to the 2nd
New York Volunteer Infantry, 1 October 1862 Honorably mustered
out of the volunteer service, 7 April 1863 Major, 8th U. S.
Infantry, 8 October 1864 Unassigned 15 March 1869 Assigned to
the 21st U. S. Infantry, 26 March 1869 Retired 5 September 1871
Breveted Major, 21 October 1861 for gallant and meritorious
service in the battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia Breveted
Lieutenant Colonel, 30 July 1864 for gallant and meritorious
service in front of Petersburg, Virginia Breveted Colonel, 13
March 1865 for gallant and meritorious services dring the war.
Died 20 November 1882 At around 2:30 PM, Colonel Baker spotted
Colonel Milton Cogswell of the Tamma