Military Record of Civilian Appointments in the United States Army, Volume 1D. Van Nostrand, 1873 - United States |
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12th U. S. Infantry 3d U. S. Artillery action Adjutant Aide-de-Camp Antietam Appointed from Pennsylvania April Assistant Surgeon U. S. Atlanta campaign August Barracks battle of Chancellorsville battle of Fredericksburg battle of Gettysburg battles of Gaines Born in Pennsylvania Brevet Captain U. S. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Brevet Major U. S. Brigade Captain U. S. Army Colonel U. S. Army Commissary of Subsistence December Department Engaged faithful and meritorious February Fort Monroe gallant and meritorious Indians January Joined regiment July June Lieutenant 1st U. S. Lieutenant 2d U. S. Lieutenant 5th U. S. Lieutenant-Colonel U. S. Army Major U. S. Army March meritorious services MILITARY HISTORY Mustering New-York Harbor New-York Volunteers November October Penn Pennsylvania Volunteers Petersburg Potomac rebel recruiting duty second Bull Run Second Lieutenant September Sergeant siege of Yorktown Surgeon U. S. Army Tenn U. S. Colored Troops U. S. Infantry Veteran Reserve Corps Washington wounded York.-Appointed
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Page 40 - Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be struck a gold medal, with devices emblematical of this splendid achievement, and presented to...
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Page 507 - for faithful and meritorious services" ; brigadier general of United States volunteers April 9, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General RE Lee...
Page 180 - ... incapacity resulting from long and faithful service, from wounds or injury received, from disease contracted, or from exposure in the line of duty, had passed Congress and become a law, and under its provisions several officers had retired.
Page 397 - for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Games' Mill,' Va., 1862; Colonel US Army, 'for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Gettysburg...
Page 320 - Apr 1865 for gal and mer ser dur the recent operations resulting in the fall of Richmond Va and the surrender of the insurgent army under gen RE Lee...
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Page 238 - ... the Battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna. Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Jerusalem Plank Road.