Definitionn. a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily
Last update: September 7, 2015
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For his services at Franklin he was awarded the rank of brigadier-general (November 1864) and the brevet rank of major-general (March 1865) in the regular army. [Please select]
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At the close of the war he received a commission as brigadier general by brevet. [Please select]
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He was Brevet Brigadier General and retained command of a battalion of New Mexico volunteers. [Please select]
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Joining the volunteers as a lieutenant, he was brevetted brigadier general before the war ended. [Please select]
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Net result, his captaincy and a brevet majority, coupled with the Distinguished Service Order. [Please select]
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Colonel Zachary Taylor--a brigadier-general by brevet--was therefore left in command. [Please select]
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