. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . n 1S47; was editor and jointproprietor of the Burlington Free Press from 1853 to thepresent time. He enlisted August 23, 1862, in CompanyC, Twelfth Vermont Volunteers ; was promoted January23, 1863, to be second lieutenant and aide-de-camp onstaff of Second Vermont Brigade, and was mustered outJuly 14, 1863. He engaged in the repulse of Stuarts raid,Fairfax Court-House, Virginia, December 28, 1862; andparticipated in the battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863,where he served as aide-de-camp upon the staff of Brig-adier-Gen
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . n 1S47; was editor and jointproprietor of the Burlington Free Press from 1853 to thepresent time. He enlisted August 23, 1862, in CompanyC, Twelfth Vermont Volunteers ; was promoted January23, 1863, to be second lieutenant and aide-de-camp onstaff of Second Vermont Brigade, and was mustered outJuly 14, 1863. He engaged in the repulse of Stuarts raid,Fairfax Court-House, Virginia, December 28, 1862; andparticipated in the battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863,where he served as aide-de-camp upon the staff of Brig-adier-General George Jefferson Stannard, commandingSecond Vermont Brigade (Third Brigade, Third Division,First Army Corps), and was present in the repulse ofPicketts Confederate Division in their charge on the after-noon of the third da). He was awarded medal of honorby Congress for distinguished conduct in the battle ofGettysburg, July 3, 1863. He was appointed aide-de-camp, with the rank of colonel, on the staff of GovernorPaul Dillingham, 1866-67; State military historian of. Vermont, 1880-87 ; author of Vermont at Gettysburg,one volume; and of Vermont in the Civil War, twovolumes. He was president of the Vermont and Boston Tele-graph Company, 1860-65 ; State senator, 1869-70-71 ;postmaster of Burlington, 1871-74; president of VermontPress Association, 1886-89; president of the VermontSociety of Sons of the Revolution, 1890 ; secretary ofthe University of Vermont and State Agricultural Col-lege from 1865 to the present time; collector of customs,District of Vermont, 1889 to date. 264 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer)
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