. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . h Army Corps. He wassubsequently promoted to be major and aide-de-camp,and afterwards lieutenant-colonel and assistant adjutant-general of the Left Grand Division, Army of the Poto-mac. When that division was discontinued after Burn-sides failure at Fredericksburg, McMahon was reassignedas adjutant-general to the Sixth Army Corps, and servedas chief of staff to General Sedgwick until that officersdeath at Spottsylvania. Pie was continued in the samecapacity under General Wright until the end of [864,when he was assigned
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . h Army Corps. He wassubsequently promoted to be major and aide-de-camp,and afterwards lieutenant-colonel and assistant adjutant-general of the Left Grand Division, Army of the Poto-mac. When that division was discontinued after Burn-sides failure at Fredericksburg, McMahon was reassignedas adjutant-general to the Sixth Army Corps, and servedas chief of staff to General Sedgwick until that officersdeath at Spottsylvania. Pie was continued in the samecapacity under General Wright until the end of [864,when he was assigned to temporary duty in New York,on the staff of Major-General Dix, commanding theDepartment of the East. Two elder brothers of General McMahon, who weresuccessively colonels of the One Hundred and Sixty-fourth New York Volunteers, died in the service. Theeldest brother, Colonel John E., was the first colonel ofthe regiment, and upon his death the second brother,James P. McMahon, succeeded him and was killed at ColdHarbor. He was the only one of his corps who reached10 73. the enemys works and placed his flag there, which fellinside their lines and was captured. It was subsequentlyreturned to the city of New York by the cadets of theMilitary College of Virginia, to whom it hail been pre-sented. General McMahon has held several important positionin civil life. He was corporation attorney of the city ofNew York in 1866-67, minister to Paraguay duringPresident Johnsons administration, and for many yearsreceiver of taxes in the city of New York. I le was U. for the Southern District of New York duringPresident Clevelands administration; was elected to theAssembly in 1890, carrying a Republican district w Inchhad never before elected a Democrat. The followingyear he made a similar contest for the State Senate, andagain carried a district which had always been representedby a Republican. He was chairman of the Committee onGeneral Laws, and of that on Military Affairs in t
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