. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . and meritorious services in the battle of Murfreesborough,Tennessee. He was promoted major of the Third Infantry July 28,1866, upon the reorganization of the army, and served onfrontier stations. Upon the consolidation of regiments,in 1869, he was unassigned, March 15, but placed on dutyas superintendent of Indian affairs for the State of Nevada,which position he occupied until January 1, 1871, whenhe was assigned to the Eleventh Infantry. He was pro-moted lieutenant-colonel of the Fourteenth Infantry Jan-uary 10, iS76,and
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . and meritorious services in the battle of Murfreesborough,Tennessee. He was promoted major of the Third Infantry July 28,1866, upon the reorganization of the army, and served onfrontier stations. Upon the consolidation of regiments,in 1869, he was unassigned, March 15, but placed on dutyas superintendent of Indian affairs for the State of Nevada,which position he occupied until January 1, 1871, whenhe was assigned to the Eleventh Infantry. He was pro-moted lieutenant-colonel of the Fourteenth Infantry Jan-uary 10, iS76,and served with his regiment at Fort Cam-eron, Utah, cantonment on the LTncompahgre, Colorado,and Fort Townsend, Washington, until promoted colonelof the Tenth Infantry July 1, 1885, when he joined hisregiment in New Mexico, and served at Fort LTnion, FortBliss, Texas, and Santa Fe until retired, by operation oflaw, March 9, 188 I. Colonel Douglass is at the present time making hishome at Barnegat Park, New Jersey. OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular). CAPTAIN PERCIVAL DRAYTON, (HI ceased). Captain Percival Drayton, an officer of recognizedability and conduct in every position in which he wasplaced, was horn in South Carolina, coming of a well-known and influential family. His father was the Hon-orable William Drayton, Percival Drayton was appointed midshipman, fromSouth Carolina, in December, 1X27, and became a lieu-tenant in the navy on February 28, 1838. After the usual varied service of the younger officersof his grade, including a period at tile Naval Observa-tory at Washington, he was promoted to commander in1S55. When the Paraguay expedition was organized, in 1S5S, he became the aid, or fleet-captain, of CommodoreShubrick, returning with him to the United States whena satisfactory settlement was had. From i860 to theoutbreak of the Civil War, he was upon ordnance dutyin Philadelphia, where many of his family resided. Hewas, however, strongly bound by family ti
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