Theodore H. Barrett

Theodore was born on August 27, 1834. Barrett enlisted on September 15, 1862, as a 2nd Lieutenant of the 9th Minnesota Infantry Regiment at Company G but wouldn't see active service as the 9th Minnesota was organized to engage in skirmish with Native American tribes.[1] On December 29, 1863, he was transferred to the 1st Missouri Colored Infantry Regiment where he became a Colonel of the regiment which served in the Department of the Gulf in Louisiana until June 1864.[1] Afterwards, the Regiment was ordered to head for Texas. Barrett was brevetted Brigadier General on March 13, 1865, for "faithful and meritorious services".

He then organized a unofficial truce with the Confederates there around March until Barrett dispatched the 1st Missouri, the 34th Indiana and the 2nd Texas to raid a Confederate camp near Fort Brown but were driven back after some Mexican witnesses reported them to the Confederates due to a few skirmishes between them and the Union forces.[1][2][3] On the next day, John "Rip" Ford engaged in a battle with Barrett at the Battle of Palmito Ranch and despite the Confederate victory at the battle, it was all in vain as Ford's forces would surrender 2 weeks later.[1][4] Barrett was then discharged on January 19, 1866, and returned to Herman, Minnesota where he died on July 20, 1900, and was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Illinois.[1]

• List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union)