. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . rivers, inthe Enterprise, thirteen hundred miles, and completedthe survey, returning to the United States, October, the Enterprise in the European Squadronin 1879-80. Was invited as special delegate by Ferdi-nand de Lesseps to the International Canal Congressat Paris, in May, 1879. Received from the French gov-ernment the Decoration of the Legion of Honor, inrecognition of the work performed in the survey of theIsthmus of Darien, and was made an honorary memberof the Royal Geographical Society of Belgium. Pr
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . rivers, inthe Enterprise, thirteen hundred miles, and completedthe survey, returning to the United States, October, the Enterprise in the European Squadronin 1879-80. Was invited as special delegate by Ferdi-nand de Lesseps to the International Canal Congressat Paris, in May, 1879. Received from the French gov-ernment the Decoration of the Legion of Honor, inrecognition of the work performed in the survey of theIsthmus of Darien, and was made an honorary memberof the Royal Geographical Society of Belgium. Prom1880 to 1884 was in charge of the Torpedo Station atNewport, Rhode Island; captain, 1881. Commanded Omaha, Asiatic Squadron, 1885—87. Was tried bycourt-martial for alleged carelessness and neglect ofduty in conducting target-practice on the coast of Japan,and wholly and honorably acquitted by the court, June,1888. lie was a member of Board of Inspection, as commandant of the Boston Navy-Yard, June,1890. 374 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY regular). CAPTAIN R. G. SHAW. R. G. Shaw (First Artillery) was born inRhode Island, J Line 29, 1832. He entered the volunteerservice, early in the war of the Rebellion, as captain ofthe Third Rhode Island Artillery, August 27, [861, andparticipated in ( Shermans Port Royal, SouthCarolina, expedition at Hilton Head and Bay Point,South Carolina, in command of Company D, Third RhodeIsland Artillery, and was engaged in the operations re-sulting in the capture of Morris Island, South [e commanded his battery in the assault and capture ofthe Confederate batteries on the lower end of the island. Captain Shaw commanded the 30-pounder siegebattery at the siege of Port Wagner, South Carolina,and commanded the same battery in the operationsagainst Fort Gregg, at Cummings Point, South commanded Battery Hayes (200-pounder guns) atthe siege of Fort Sumter, South Carolina. After the capture o
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