. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . leans, remaining there until the oper-ations of the army about Mobile Bay, Louisiana, and thesiege of Fort Morgan. He took part in all those opera-tions which culminated in the surrender of the latter the surrender of Fort Morgan he returned to NewOrleans, Louisiana, and from there, in the month of Au-gust, 1864, was transferred with Light Battery G, FifthArtillery, to the Army of the Potomac. The winter of1864-65 was passed with the Artillery Reserve of theFifth Corps, occupying winter-quarters on the Jerusale
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . leans, remaining there until the oper-ations of the army about Mobile Bay, Louisiana, and thesiege of Fort Morgan. He took part in all those opera-tions which culminated in the surrender of the latter the surrender of Fort Morgan he returned to NewOrleans, Louisiana, and from there, in the month of Au-gust, 1864, was transferred with Light Battery G, FifthArtillery, to the Army of the Potomac. The winter of1864-65 was passed with the Artillery Reserve of theFifth Corps, occupying winter-quarters on the JerusalemPlank Road, rear defensive line of the Army of the Po-tomac. In the spring campaign of 1865 he participated inmost of the actions, skirmishes, and battles of the FifthCorps, terminating with the surrender of the rebel Armyof Northern Virginia, April 9, 1865. He was made brevet captain July 8, 1S63, for gallantand meritorious services in the siege of Port Hudson,Louisiana; brevet major April 9, 1865, for gallant andmeritorious services during the campaign terminating. with surrender of the insurgent forces under General Lee. He was regimental quartermaster of the FifthArtillery from November, [861, to November, 1862. After the Rebellion, lie was with Light Battery G, FifthArtillery, at Camp Bailey, Bladensburg, Maryland, and atLittle Rock, Arkansas, until July 28, 1866, when he waspromoted captain, and served at Fort Warren, Massachu-setts, with Battery 1), Fifth Artillery, from March, 1869,until December, 1875; at Oglethorpe Barracks, Savan-nah, Georgia, until 1879; McPherson Barracks, Georgia,from April 1, 1879, until February, 1880; at Key WestBarracks, Florida (second time), and Fort Brook, Tampa,Florida, until July, 18S1 ; on leave of absence from July1881, till December, 1881 ; at Fort Schuyler, New Yorkharbor, from December, 1881, to September, 1882; leftFort Schuyler for Omaha, Nebraska, with Battery D,Fifth Artillery, September 10, [882; during the fall ofthat yea
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