nominated Bartlett for the award of the honorary grade of brevet major general, U.S. Volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and on March 12, 1866 the U.S. Senate confirmed the award. In July 1865, the IX Corps was disbanded, however Bartlett remained in the army another year until his resignation on July 18, 1866. Post-war career After the war, Bartlett sought employment as a manager of industrial manufacturing. He became the manager of Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia, the Pomeroy Iron Works and the Powhatan Iron Company. He eventually settled in Pittsfield, Massachusetts where he died from tuberculosis in December 1876. In 1904, a statue of William Francis Bartlett was dedicated in the Massachusetts State House. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) List of Massachusetts generals in the American Civil War Massachusetts in the American Civil War Notes References External links Harvard College alumni Phillips Academy alumni People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War 1840 births 1876 deaths Tuberculosis deaths in Massachusetts 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Union Army generals American amputees American businesspeople in metals American Civil War prisoners of war