were dismissed. He then commanded the district of Central Missouri until April 12, 1865, when he resigned. McNeil was given the brevet rank of major general of volunteers in recognition of faithful and meritorious services during the war, to date from the day of his resignation. Postbellum career Subsequently, McNeil was clerk of the criminal court in St. Louis County, Missouri 1865-67; sheriff of the county, 1866–70, and clerk of the criminal court again, 1875-76. He was in 1876 commissioner to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, was an inspector in the U. S. Indian service in 1878 and 1882, and at the time of his death was superintendent of the United States Post Office, St. Louis branch. He died in his chair, in his office at St. Louis, and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery (Block 35, Lot 1103). His monument carries the verse Soldier, rest; thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Notes References Attribution 1813 births 1891 deaths People of Missouri in the American Civil War Union Army generals Missouri sheriffs Burials at Bellefontaine Cemetery British emigrants to the United States