. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . quarter. After the capture of the ram Tennessee, En-gineer Latch was ordered in temporary charge of hermachinery. After the war he served in the East India Squadron,and at the Naval Academy. Promoted chief engineer1870; Congress, special service, 1870-72; Board ofInspection, 1873-75 ; sick-leave, 1876-77; and retired in1878. Chief Engineer Latchs forefathers took up land inMontgomery County nearly two hundred years ago, andhis grandfather served in the Revolution, rising to therank of major. Another branch settled nearer t
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . quarter. After the capture of the ram Tennessee, En-gineer Latch was ordered in temporary charge of hermachinery. After the war he served in the East India Squadron,and at the Naval Academy. Promoted chief engineer1870; Congress, special service, 1870-72; Board ofInspection, 1873-75 ; sick-leave, 1876-77; and retired in1878. Chief Engineer Latchs forefathers took up land inMontgomery County nearly two hundred years ago, andhis grandfather served in the Revolution, rising to therank of major. Another branch settled nearer to Phila-delphia, and were allied with the De Monseaus, who,after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, settled atFrankford, near Philadelphia. Since his retirement, Mr. Latch has been engaged inwriting upon Biblical subjects, principally, much of whichhas been published. He now resides at Overbrook, Pennsylvania, en aportion of an estate which has been in his family forfive generations. 238 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY {regular). CAPTAIN PETER LEARY, JR., Captain Peter Leaky, Jk. (Fourth Artillery), wasborn September 15, 1840, in Baltimore, Maryland. Whenthe Civil War began he was a student of law. lie wascommissioned second lieutenant in the Baltimore Batteryof Light Artillery, Maryland Volunteers, in August, 1862,and continued in service until honorably mustered out inJune, 1865, having been engaged in the actions whichinaugurated the Gettysburg campaign at Berryville, June12; Opequan Creek, June 13; Winchester, June 14. andMartinsburg Pike, June 1 5, [863. I Ie participated in theMaryland campaign of 1864, and was present in actionon Catoctin Mountain, Jul}- 7 ; at Frederick, July 8, andMonocacy, July 9, and was engaged in the pursuit ofthe Confederate army under Early from Washington toLeesburg in Jul)* and August of that year. lie was appointed second lieutenant Fourth U. S. Ar-tillery July 2, IS6J, and assigned to Light Battery P>,which he joined September 6 a
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