Biography of Frederick W. Sims

Compiled by the National Archivists before the microfilming of the Civil War records.

 Entries in blue are my additions and references
Frederick W. Sims -- Captain & Assistant Adjutant General; Major & Quartermaster; Lieutenant Colonel & Quarter Master
December 6, 1862 1st Lieutenant of Georgia Volunteers, ordered to proceed to Richmond and report to Col. W. M. Wadley, Assistant Adjutant General. (Had been Captain, Company H, 1st Georgia Infantry)
June 4, 1863 Captain & A. A. G., to assume duties of inspector and Agent of Railroad Transportation lately held by Col. Wadley  
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 579
July 9, 1863 Appointed Major & Quarter Master, to rank from July 7, 1863, to report to the Quarter Master General
August 3, 1863 to January 13, 1864 At Richmond, signing as Major & Q. M.
January 27, 1864 Appointed Lieutenant Colonel, Quarter Master Department, to rank from December 19, 1863, to report to the Quarter Master General
March 15, 1864 Began effort to make 225 cars  
LVA, TRED 3-15-64
October 11, 1864 Offered new cars to the North Carolina RR
January to December 31, 1864 At Richmond, signing as Lt. Col. & Q. M.
January 4, 1865 Left Richmond with powers to act for the Government in all matters relating to the Piedmont RR  
NA, QM 1-4A-65
March 23, 1865 Mentioned as Lt. Col. & Chief of Rail Road Bureau
May 12, 1865 Paroled as Lt. Col. at Charlotte, N. C. (Surrendered April 26, 1865)

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