. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . nnessee General Kirby was chiefpicket-officer Seventeenth Army Corps, a position requir-ing more than ordinary sagacity, intelligi nee, and General Kirby these qualifications were found to aremarkable degree. He was prompt and energetic, andwhen I knew that a line had been placed or inspected byhim I knew it was well done. During the time I was in command of the army he was often selected 1 nduct hazardous expeditions. I have had frequent occasions towitness his coolness and bravery in dangerous positi He was
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . nnessee General Kirby was chiefpicket-officer Seventeenth Army Corps, a position requir-ing more than ordinary sagacity, intelligi nee, and General Kirby these qualifications were found to aremarkable degree. He was prompt and energetic, andwhen I knew that a line had been placed or inspected byhim I knew it was well done. During the time I was in command of the army he was often selected 1 nduct hazardous expeditions. I have had frequent occasions towitness his coolness and bravery in dangerous positi He was appointed captain of Company E, Infantry, Inly 28, 1866; brevetted major for gallantconduct at Chickasaw Bayou; lieutenant-colonel for gal-lant conduct in the assaults on Vicksburg, and colU. S. A. for gallant and meritorious conduct at ( hreek), Georgia; Mission Ridge, lennesse*Rivers Bridge, South Carolina. He served in the regulai army until the fall ol 1when his services ended. He now re ides in Washing- 82 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). BRIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES B. McPHERSON, (DECEASED). Brigadier-General James B. McPherson was bornin Ohio in 1829, and graduated at the Military AcademyJuly 1, 1853. He was promoted brevet second lieutenant,Corps of Engineers, the same day, and second lieutenantDecember 18, 1854. He served at the Military Academyas assistant instructor of practical engineering to Septem-ber 6, 1854, and was assistant engineer in the constructionand repairs of the defences c if New York harbor; as super-intending engineer of the building of Fort Delaware; ofthe construction of the defences of Alcatraz Island, SanFrancisco harbor; in charge of the engineer operationsat Boston harbor, Massachusetts, and recruiting sappers,miners, and pontoniers, from 1854 to [861. I le was pro-moted first lieutenant December 13, [858, and was ap-pointed captain of the Nineteenth Infantry May 14, [861,which he declined, and received his promotio
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