. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ng in all the actions and combats,raids and skirmishes, and defeated Ramseurs divisionat Carters Farm, July 20. He fought the combats atWinchester and Moorfield, and skirmishes at BunkerHill and Martinsburg, and participated in the battles ofOpequan and Fishers Hill, and action at Mount Jackson,September 23, 1864. He was brevetted for gallant and meritorious services,as follows: Major, for the battle of Kellys Ford, Vir-ginia; lieutenant-colonel, for the action at Droop Moun-tain, Virginia; colonel, for the Salem expeditio
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ng in all the actions and combats,raids and skirmishes, and defeated Ramseurs divisionat Carters Farm, July 20. He fought the combats atWinchester and Moorfield, and skirmishes at BunkerHill and Martinsburg, and participated in the battles ofOpequan and Fishers Hill, and action at Mount Jackson,September 23, 1864. He was brevetted for gallant and meritorious services,as follows: Major, for the battle of Kellys Ford, Vir-ginia; lieutenant-colonel, for the action at Droop Moun-tain, Virginia; colonel, for the Salem expedition in Vir-ginia; brigadier-general, for the field during the war ofthe Rebellion; major-general, for the battle of Moor-field, Virginia. General Averell resigned from the armyMay 18, 1865, and was appointed United States Consul-General to British North America at Montreal in act of Congress of August 1, 18S8, he was restoredto his grade of captain in the arm)- and placed upon theI retired list, August 17 of that year. 18 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY {regular). LIEUTENANT-COLONEL RBERT AVERY(retired). Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Avery was born inTunkhannock, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1839- InSeptember, 1861, he received authority from the gov-ernor of New York to raise a company, and in October,1861, he was commissioned a captain of New York vol-unteers in the service of the United States, afterwardsassigned first to the Twelfth, and then to the OneHundred and Second Regiment of New York Volun-teers, in which regiment he was the senior captain, andfrequently, for considerable periods, commanded hisregiment. In December, 1862, he was promoted to belieutenant-colonel of his regiment. He participated in the battle of Cedar MountainAugust 9, 1862; in the battles of the Second Bull Runcampaign commanded his regiment, and during part ofthe time, at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May3, 1863, his brigade. At this battle he was woundedby a musket-ball in the neck and l
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