. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . t of the Fourteenth Infantry February23, 1866, and was promoted first lieutenant the sameday. He joined his regiment on the Pacific coast, andserved with it there until 1870, when the regiment wastransferred to the Department of the Platte, he servingthere and in the Department of the Missouri to 1S85,when he was sent to the Department of the Columbia,remaining there until September 8, 1890, at which timehe was ordered to the Department of the Missouri, andstationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he is atthe present ti
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . t of the Fourteenth Infantry February23, 1866, and was promoted first lieutenant the sameday. He joined his regiment on the Pacific coast, andserved with it there until 1870, when the regiment wastransferred to the Department of the Platte, he servingthere and in the Department of the Missouri to 1S85,when he was sent to the Department of the Columbia,remaining there until September 8, 1890, at which timehe was ordered to the Department of the Missouri, andstationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he is atthe present time. He was promoted captain of the Fourteenth InfantryFebruary 25, 1876. LTpon entering the regular service, he was brevettedcaptain March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritoriousservices in the battle of the Wilderness, Virginia;major March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious ser-vices in the battle of Spottsylvania, Virginia; and lieu-tenant-colonel March 2, 1867, for gallant and merito-rious services during; the war. 33 >5S OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NA VY ireculak). BRIGADIER- AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL ALEX-ANDER McD. McCOOK, Brigadier-and Brevet Major-General AlexanderMcD. Mi Cook was born in Ohio April 22, [831, andgraduated at the Military Academy July 1, 1852. He waspromoted brevet second lieutenant Third Infantry thesame day; second lieutenant June 30, 1854; first lieuten-ant Dec. 6, 1858; and captain May 14, 1S61. He servedat Newport Barracks and Jefferson Barracks until 1853,when he was ordered on frontier duty at Fort Fillmore,New Mexico, and was scouting against Apache Indians in1854. I Ie was stationed at Fort Union, and participatedin an expedition against Utah and Apache Indians, oncommissary duty, in 1855, being engaged in the actions ofSauwatchie Pass and Arkansas River. Was at Canton-ment Burgwin, New Mexico, in [855-56; on the Gila Ex-pedition, as chief of guides, and engaged in action on theGila River, June 27, 1856; on leave of absence 1857-58,and at t
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