. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . st of thistime on short rations, and part of the time with none ; ithad fought and won five severe engagements, and wasvictorious in a number of skirmishes. It had killed,wounded, and captured about two thousand prisoners andten pieces of artillery, and did not lose a man or guncaptured, but left about one-third of its whole commanddead or wounded on its several battle-fields. July 15 Crooks command reached Harpers Ferry,and in connection with the Sixth Corps fought the battleof Snickers Ferry. Later, as part of the Army
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . st of thistime on short rations, and part of the time with none ; ithad fought and won five severe engagements, and wasvictorious in a number of skirmishes. It had killed,wounded, and captured about two thousand prisoners andten pieces of artillery, and did not lose a man or guncaptured, but left about one-third of its whole commanddead or wounded on its several battle-fields. July 15 Crooks command reached Harpers Ferry,and in connection with the Sixth Corps fought the battleof Snickers Ferry. Later, as part of the Army of theShenandoah, under General Sheridan, the command par-ticipated in the battles of Berryville, Opequan, FishersHill, and Cedar Creek, going into quarters along theline of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad early in January,1865, with head-quarters at Cumberland, Maryland. Atthis place Captain Patton resigned ami went West. Sincethen he has been actively interested in mines and miningin the Western States and Territories. i;o OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {volunteer). MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN CHARLES FREMONT, (deceased). Major-General John Charles Fremont, ,Chevalier of the Prussian Order of Merit, etc., wasof Huguenot parentage on his fathers side, and con-nected with the Washington family on his mothers. Hereceived from the Charleston College the degree ofBachelor and Master of Arts; his mathematical attain-ments especially fitted him for his after-life. In 1838 hewas appointed second lieutenant Topographical Engi-neers, , and was Nicolletts assistant in the twoexplorations north of the Missouri in 1838-39. Afterthe second of these he married Jessie Benton, daughterof Senator Thomas H. Benton. In 1N42 he made thefirst of the great explorations in the then unmappedWest, and continued them through the years 1842,1843-44, [845-46-47, [848-49, [853-54. The thirdresulted in the conquest of California In- Captain Fre-mont, to whom the government sent as special
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