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Page 1869
... promoted brigadier - general . In June , 1862 , he was ordered to the southwest under General Grant . He participated in the battles of Iuka and Corinth and was killed in the latter battle near Corinth , Miss . , Oct. 4. 1862 . HACKLEY ...
... promoted brigadier - general . In June , 1862 , he was ordered to the southwest under General Grant . He participated in the battles of Iuka and Corinth and was killed in the latter battle near Corinth , Miss . , Oct. 4. 1862 . HACKLEY ...
Page 1877
... promoted 2d lieutenant in August , 1836 ; was in the Florida campaign , 1836-37 , with a field battery ; on frontier duty on the Canada border , 1837-38 ; in the ordnance corps , 1838-40 , and was made 1st lieutenant of ordnance in 1840 ...
... promoted 2d lieutenant in August , 1836 ; was in the Florida campaign , 1836-37 , with a field battery ; on frontier duty on the Canada border , 1837-38 ; in the ordnance corps , 1838-40 , and was made 1st lieutenant of ordnance in 1840 ...
Page 1883
... promoted lieutenant , and in 1861 was made assistant adjutant - general in the department of Virginia , with the rank of captain . He was chief commissary of the depart- ment of Missouri , 1861-68 ; purchasing and super vising ...
... promoted lieutenant , and in 1861 was made assistant adjutant - general in the department of Virginia , with the rank of captain . He was chief commissary of the depart- ment of Missouri , 1861-68 ; purchasing and super vising ...
Page 1885
... promoted captain July 18 , 1863 ; major Sept. 22 , 1870 ; lieutenant - colo- nel Sept. 16 , 1886 , and colonel Aug. 13 , 1895 , and was several times brevetted for gallant and meritorious conduct . He served on lighthouse duty and as ...
... promoted captain July 18 , 1863 ; major Sept. 22 , 1870 ; lieutenant - colo- nel Sept. 16 , 1886 , and colonel Aug. 13 , 1895 , and was several times brevetted for gallant and meritorious conduct . He served on lighthouse duty and as ...
Page 1897
... promoted 1st lieutenant Sept. 16 , 1886 ; was quarter- master and commis- sary , battalion of engineers , 1886-87 ; instructor in engi- neering , U.S. military academy , 1888-89 ; and resigned his com- mission in the army , April 1 ...
... promoted 1st lieutenant Sept. 16 , 1886 ; was quarter- master and commis- sary , battalion of engineers , 1886-87 ; instructor in engi- neering , U.S. military academy , 1888-89 ; and resigned his com- mission in the army , April 1 ...
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