The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 27. he remained until 1831, filling the position of quar-termaster of the post most of the time. He then re-signed his commission in the army, and entered th
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. 27. he remained until 1831, filling the position of quar-termaster of the post most of the time. He then re-signed his commission in the army, and entered themercantile house of Goodhue & Co., New York city,with which he was connected until the panic of 1837,when he accepted a position as civil engineer in theconstruction of the Croton aque-duct, and also took a leadingpart in the erection of the HighBridge across the Harlem 24, 1844, he married White of New York was among the first to offerhis services to the governmentat the outbreak of the civilwar, and May 13, 1861, was ap-pointed colonel of the 16th reg-iment of New York was subsequently assignedto the command of the 2d bri-gade of the oth division of thearmy of the Potomac, and ledthe advance on the march toCentreville. March 7, 1862, hewas brevetted brigadier-generalof volunteers, and ordered to thewestern armies under Gen. Halleck. June 11, 1865, he was commis-sioned brevet
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