. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . C, having been appointed a captain in thatcorps by President Abraham Lincoln. At Washington,D. C, he did duty as officer of the guard, every secondor third day, at the Old Capitol Prison, where therebel prisoners were confined, and at the Carroll Prison,where the prisoners of the State were kept. March 5,1864, commanded the expedition sent from Washington,D. C, for the relief of Cherrystone, on the eastern shoreof Virginia, which had been raided by the rebels. He commanded a company at Washington, D. C,and was doing duty a
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . C, having been appointed a captain in thatcorps by President Abraham Lincoln. At Washington,D. C, he did duty as officer of the guard, every secondor third day, at the Old Capitol Prison, where therebel prisoners were confined, and at the Carroll Prison,where the prisoners of the State were kept. March 5,1864, commanded the expedition sent from Washington,D. C, for the relief of Cherrystone, on the eastern shoreof Virginia, which had been raided by the rebels. He commanded a company at Washington, D. C,and was doing duty as field-officer of the day for thedefences of Washington at the time the rebel Genera!Early made his attack on the national capital in July,1S64; participated in the fight with General Earlys forcesin front of Fort Stevens, and in the campaign whichfollowed. On August 16, 1864, assumed command of the CentralGuard-House, then used as a military prison, and re-mained on this duty until July 12, 1865, when, the warhaving terminated, the prison was turned over to the46. civil authorities July 12 to October 4, 1865 ; he was misick-leave to December 7, 1865, and then on duty atCamp Carrington, Indianapolis, Indiana, commandingdetachment of two companies of the Twenty-secondRegiment, Veteran Reserve Corps, and engaged in mus-tering out volunteer troops. Lieutenant Rutherford received contused wound ofright knee-joint at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, andcontracted rheumatism in the field, causing great andcontinuous suffering, and resulting in the distortion ofboth feet. He took part in the Shenandoah Valley campaignof 1862, and General Popes campaign from CulpeperCourt-House to Washington, and was present at Win-chester, Rappahannock Station, Beverlys Ford, SulphurSprings, second Bull Run, and Fort Stevens. Captain Rutherford was mustered out of the volun-teer service as brevet lieutenant-colonel April 30, 1867,and was appointed second lieutenant of the Forty-fifthInfantry, to date
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