Joshism
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In Thomas Army's Engineering Victory, he gives statistics for how many officers from the Corps of Engineers and Corps of Topographic Engineers who stayed in the Union Army and how many resigned to join the Confederate Army. He only names some of them, and not all in the same place. The book lacks an appendix listing who these officers were. My Search Fu also failed to find a list online. As such, I thought it would a good and interesting idea to compile a list of who these individuals.
Statistics given in the aforementioned book...
Corps of Engineers: 48 officers in 1861. 40 served in the Union Army - 29 as engineers and 13 as field commanders (presumably 2 started as engineers but switched later in the war). The other 8 resigned to join the Confederates; 3 remained engineers and 5 became field commanders.
Corps of Topographic Engineers: 44 or 45 officers in 1861. 37 served in the Union Army, 7 in the Confederate Army (possibly 1 resigned and sat out the war).
Statistics given in the aforementioned book...
Corps of Engineers: 48 officers in 1861. 40 served in the Union Army - 29 as engineers and 13 as field commanders (presumably 2 started as engineers but switched later in the war). The other 8 resigned to join the Confederates; 3 remained engineers and 5 became field commanders.
Corps of Topographic Engineers: 44 or 45 officers in 1861. 37 served in the Union Army, 7 in the Confederate Army (possibly 1 resigned and sat out the war).