. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . giment was transferred to the Atlanticcoast, where he occupied various stations until [877,when he participated in suppressing the riots of thatyear, being in garrison at the Pittsburg Arsenal untilOctober, 1877, when he was ordered to Fort McHenry,Maryland, remaining there until 1881. He was trans-ferred to Light Battery A, Second Artillery, March iX,1879, and was in garrison at Washington Barracks untilNovember, 1882. He marched with his battery to York-town, Virginia, and returned in November, I 88 I ; also toAntietam a
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . giment was transferred to the Atlanticcoast, where he occupied various stations until [877,when he participated in suppressing the riots of thatyear, being in garrison at the Pittsburg Arsenal untilOctober, 1877, when he was ordered to Fort McHenry,Maryland, remaining there until 1881. He was trans-ferred to Light Battery A, Second Artillery, March iX,1879, and was in garrison at Washington Barracks untilNovember, 1882. He marched with his battery to York-town, Virginia, and returned in November, I 88 I ; also toAntietam and Gettysburg in 1882. He was in garrisonat Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, from 1882 until Septem-bei- 1, 1885, when he was detailed for duty at U. School, Fort Monroe, Virginia, from September1, 1885, to June 1, 1892, as director departments ofartillery, chemistry, and explosives, callistics, artillerypractical exercises, instructor of photography, etc. In-spector of Artillery Department of East since June 2,1891. ;io OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular). REAR-ADMIRAL A. M. PENNOCK, , (deceased). This excellent officer was best known to the navyduring the war of the Rebellion for his work at Cairo, atthe junction of the Ohio and the Mississippi. This com-mand required a man ot courage, of firm will, and, aboveall, of incessant industry, activity, and vigilance. Thesewin- found combined in the subject of this sketch. Alexander M. Pennock was bom in Norfolk, Virginia,and was appointed a midshipman from Tennessee April1, [828. The custom of appointing lads from the olderStates as midshipmen from Western States was quitecommon at that time. Pennocks first cruise was in thefrigate Guerriere in the Pacific, and he then sailed inthe sloop-of-war Natchez, of the Brazil in June, 1834, he served successively in the frigate Potomac, in the Mediterranean, and the frigate Co-lumbia, in the East Indies. Promoted lieutenant inMarch, 1839. Served in 1843—46
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