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All are said to have been given high-ranking positions as colonels or brigadier-generals.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

Four Union colonels were made brigadier-generals after the battle, but General Thomas got no promotion until long afterward.

From Time Magazine Archive

The engineers for whom you asked have been ordered to report to you, and further additions will be made to your list of brigadier-generals.

From The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government by Davis, Jefferson

And an imposing column it was, nearly three hundred strong, and it actually appeared as if one-half was made up of brigadier-generals, major-generals, generals commanding divisions, staff officers and the like.

From The Surrender of Santiago An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 17, 1898 by Norris, Frank

We know we lost two brigadier-generals, and that we captured some 600 prisoners.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp