. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . quest from Battery C to Battery K,January 10, 1883, at Fort Schuyler, New York, andassumed command of the last-named battery eight dayslater. Upon the transfer of the Fifth Artillery to the Pacificcoast in 1889, Captain Brewerton was stationed at thePresidio of San Francisco, in command of Battery K,and was recorder of a Retiring Board at New York Cityin 1891. He was placed on special duty in the Depart-ment of the East in 1892, where he is now located. While a lieutenant, he was acting regimental quarter-master in 1861 ;
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . quest from Battery C to Battery K,January 10, 1883, at Fort Schuyler, New York, andassumed command of the last-named battery eight dayslater. Upon the transfer of the Fifth Artillery to the Pacificcoast in 1889, Captain Brewerton was stationed at thePresidio of San Francisco, in command of Battery K,and was recorder of a Retiring Board at New York Cityin 1891. He was placed on special duty in the Depart-ment of the East in 1892, where he is now located. While a lieutenant, he was acting regimental quarter-master in 1861 ; adjutant of the Artillery Reserve of theArmy of the Potomac to January, 1862; battalion ad-jutant of the Fifth Artillery, acting assistant adjutant-gen-eral, and inspector-general at Fort Monroe from 1867 to1869. He commanded the post at Fort Preble, Maine,in 1870, and a battalion of the Fifth Artillery at , Vermont, during the Fenian raids, as well asMcPherson Barracks, Georgia, from November 12 toDecember 6, 1881. 52 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY { COMMANDER JOHN J. BRICE. Commander John J. Brice entered the volunteer navyin August, 186r, at the commencement of the Civil fust orders were to the U. S. steamer Freeborn,Potomac flotilla; afterwards commanded the schoonerBailey, the captured .steamer Eureka, the Prim-rose, and at the end of the war commanded the U. Don. He was twice promoted for gallantconduct, and transferred to the regular navy in 1868. Hetook part in the following engagements and expeditions: Engagement with the Shipping Point batteries on thePotomac River in 1861 ; expedition upon Yorktown in1862; attack upon the Acquia Creek batteries; engage-ment with rebel batteries at Belle Plains; landing expe-dition at Matthiass Point, Potomac River; cutting-outexpedition, Piankatank River, Virginia, 1S62; Glouces-ter batteries, Rappahannock River, 1862; Joness Bluffbatteries, Rappahannock River, 1S64; boat expedition on the Rappahann
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