. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . Chicka-mauga, from seven oclock in the morning until after fouroclock in the afternoon of September 18. During the Atlanta campaign,Colonel Mintys brigadeformed a part of General Garrards division, which coveredthe right of the Army of Tennessee, and was almostdaily engaged with the enemy. During the war General Minty was personally engagi din one hundred and nine battles and skirmishes in whichlife was lost, had five horses shot under him, and hisclothing was pierced by bullets thirteen times. He wasbrevetted major-gene
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . Chicka-mauga, from seven oclock in the morning until after fouroclock in the afternoon of September 18. During the Atlanta campaign,Colonel Mintys brigadeformed a part of General Garrards division, which coveredthe right of the Army of Tennessee, and was almostdaily engaged with the enemy. During the war General Minty was personally engagi din one hundred and nine battles and skirmishes in whichlife was lost, had five horses shot under him, and hisclothing was pierced by bullets thirteen times. He wasbrevetted major-general for Selma, and for gallant anddistinguished services during the war. At the close ofthe war he was appointed major in the Eighth UnitedStates Cavalry, but declined the appointment. General Minty participated with his brigade in Kil-patricks raid, and in Wheelers expedition to Selma, andthere led his brigade in the assault, lie subsequentlycommanded a division and cap.: and a part of his command captured Jefferson Davis. 34 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). COLONEL GEORGE HUMPHRIES NORTH, Colonel George Humphries North was born June17, 1841, at Coventry, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Heis a grandson of Colonel Caleb North, who commandedthe Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line,during the Revolutionary War of 1776. Colonel North, the subject of this sketch, descendingfrom such stock, naturally felt the desire in his heart tosustain the Union which his grandfather had fought toestablish, and hence at the commencement of the Warof the Rebellion in [86i, although not yet twenty yearsof age, volunteered his services for the suppression of theRebellion, entering the army April 24, 1861, as a privatein the Commonwealth Artillery, commanded by CaptainMontgomery. He was stationed at Fort Delaware, andserved until August 5, 1861, when he was honorablydischarged by expiration of his term of service. He again entered the army as second lieutenant ofthe Fourtee
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