. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ant-Colonel E. had been killed, and remained in command ofthe regiment (though suffering severely from a woundreceived at Chancellorsville) up to and including thebattle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he was twicewounded, but did not leave the field or his command. Major Pulford was promoted lieutenant-colonel of theFifth Michigan May 3, 1863, and in August of that yearwas sent to New York City with his regiment on ac-count of the draft riots, and from there to Troy, NewYork, for the same purpose, returning
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ant-Colonel E. had been killed, and remained in command ofthe regiment (though suffering severely from a woundreceived at Chancellorsville) up to and including thebattle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he was twicewounded, but did not leave the field or his command. Major Pulford was promoted lieutenant-colonel of theFifth Michigan May 3, 1863, and in August of that yearwas sent to New York City with his regiment on ac-count of the draft riots, and from there to Troy, NewYork, for the same purpose, returning to the Army ofthe Potomac September 18, 1863. On December 29, 1863, he went on veteran furlough, and returning tothe field in February, 1864, he participated in theactions and movements of the Army of the Potomac tothe surrender of Lee, April 9, 1865. At the battle of the Wilderness Colonel Pulford wasseverely wounded, having his back broken and both anuspartially disabled from an injury to the brachial plexusand loss of part of the first and second dorsal He was promoted colonel of his regiment July 12, 1864,and brevet brigadier-general of volunteers March 13,1865, for good conduct and meritorious services dur-ing the war, and was honorably mustered out July 5,1865. Colonel Pulford held on various occasions commandof a brigade and division during the war, and of sev-eral Western regiments at its close, in Louisville, Ken-tucky. He has to his credit the following battles and actions:Siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, PeachOrchard, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chan-cellorsville, Gettysburg, Wapping Heights, AuburnHeights, Kellys Ford, Locust Grove, Mine Run, Wil-derness, siege of Petersburg, Deep Bottom, StrawberryPlains, Poplar Springs Church; also the first line ofbattle at Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864; Hatch-ers Run, Boydton Plank Road, capture of Petersburg,Sailors Creek and New Store, the surrender of the in-surgent armies at Appomatt
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