What rank was Belknap promoted to at the end of the Civil War?
Brigadier general of volunteers
Lieutenant of volunteers
Major general of volunteers
Corporal of volunteers
Answer
William Worth Belknap was promoted to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers at the end of the Civil War. He was one of the few generals who were not regular army officers. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War and was a member of the Republican Party. He was appointed Secretary of War by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869.
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