. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ina in 1866, and given command of thedistrict of Chester. He was acting assistant commis-sioner of the Bureau of Freedmen, and had charge ofall the civil and military business of that district. InAugust was ordered on recruiting service, receiving thedetail for having served longer in the field during therebellion than any other officer in the regiment. InAugust, 1867, promoted major of Thirty-ninth part of Jackson Barracks, Forts Jacksonand St. Philip, till 1870, when he was transferred with hisregiment
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ina in 1866, and given command of thedistrict of Chester. He was acting assistant commis-sioner of the Bureau of Freedmen, and had charge ofall the civil and military business of that district. InAugust was ordered on recruiting service, receiving thedetail for having served longer in the field during therebellion than any other officer in the regiment. InAugust, 1867, promoted major of Thirty-ninth part of Jackson Barracks, Forts Jacksonand St. Philip, till 1870, when he was transferred with hisregiment to Texas, commanding various forts there, andfor more than a year the regiment. In 187S he was or-dered to command the principal depot for general recruit-ing service. In 1880 was promoted lieutenant-colonelof Nineteenth Infantry. In 1S86 was made colonel ofTwenty-fourth Infantry, of which he still remains in com-mand. This officer has served longer on the South-western frontier than any other officer ever in the ser-vice. 4-1 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD XAVY {regular*. MEDICAL DIRECTOR DEL A VAN BLOODGOOD, Medical Director Delavan Blood d, , was born in Erie County, New York, in 1831. Commis-sioned as assistant surgeon March, 1857. Passed assist-ant surgeon December, 1861. Surgeon January 24,1S62. Medical inspector February 3, 1875. Medicaldirector August, 1884. llis first service was on board the Merrimac, on thePacific station, from 1857 to i860. Then attached to the Mohawk, on special service in the West Indies, to inter-cept slaving vessels. The Mohawk made several cap-tures, and then (without the sanctii in of the administration)aided in preserving the forts at Key West and Tortugaswhen the stormy days of the inception of the great rebel-lion were at hand. When the first secessions occurred,the Mohawk convoyed from Texas the troops involvedin the Twiggs surrender, and then went upon the firstblockade established during the war, off Pensacola. InNovember, 1S61,
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