He was and may still be the youngest man ever to have held the rank of brigadier general in the British army.
He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on January 20, 1863.
He ended the war with the rank of brigadier general in the volunteer army.
He was promoted to the rank of brigadier in 1974.
He was advanced to the rank of brigadier general on June 1, 1968.
He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on April 2, 1973.
By the war's end he held the rank of brigadier.
He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on March 30, 2001.
He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general on September 7, 1862.
He was later confirmed in the rank of brigadier on 14 August 1850.