. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ery at the two attacks uponNew Berne, North Carolina, in the early part of 1864;at the attack on Kinston, North Carolina, in Decemberof the same year; at the battle of Wises Forks, inMarch, 1865 ; and in numerous other affairs of minorimportance during the war. On the 8th of March, 1865,at Wises Forks, he led a most brilliant and successfulcharge, bringing in more prisoners than were taken bythe remainder of the Federal forces (in an entire division)engaged during the entire day. His ability in the posi-tion of adjutant be
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ery at the two attacks uponNew Berne, North Carolina, in the early part of 1864;at the attack on Kinston, North Carolina, in Decemberof the same year; at the battle of Wises Forks, inMarch, 1865 ; and in numerous other affairs of minorimportance during the war. On the 8th of March, 1865,at Wises Forks, he led a most brilliant and successfulcharge, bringing in more prisoners than were taken bythe remainder of the Federal forces (in an entire division)engaged during the entire day. His ability in the posi-tion of adjutant became well known in the departmentwhere the regiment served. In July, 1889, Captain Overton left his post—FortStanton, New Mexico—on sick-leave, and after spend-ing two years in Europe for his health, he was finallyretired from active duty (in February, 1891), in conse-quence of permanent disability contracted in the lineof duty. In May, 1891, he returned from Europe andestablished his permanent home in Washington, D. C. 500 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular). LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN II. PAGE, Lieutenant-Colonel John II. Page (Twenty-secondInfantry) was born in Delaware, March 26, 1842. Heis the sun of Captain John Page,4th Inf., who was horri-bly wounded by a cannon-shot in the battle of Palo Alto,May 8, and died of his wound July 12, 1846. ColonelPage entered the military service as a private in Com-pany A, First Illinois Light Artillery, August 25, [861,and while serving as a volunteer he was appointed a id lieutenant in the Third U. S. Infantry, to date from August 5, 1861. This appointment he acceptedOctober 24, 1861, and was, in consequence, honorablydisi harged from the volunteer service on that date. Joining his regiment, he served with it in Washingtonduring the winter of [861, and was promoted fust lieu-tenant March 12, 1862, taking the held with the regularbrigade in the Army of the Potomac, and participatingin the Peninsula campaign, being engaged in
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