Evening post annual, Biographical sketches [with portraits] of the state officers, representatives in Congress, governor's staff, and senators and members of the General assembly of the state of Connecticut . ned there one year. Subsequently he wasassigned to service at Fort Hamilton and atWashington, remaining at the latter post untilMay, 1866. He was afterwards on general re-cruiting service until December, 1867. At thereorganization of the army he was transferred tothe Thirtieth United States Infantry. He wasbrevetted Major for gallant and meritorious ser-vices at Gettysburg, and received t
Evening post annual, Biographical sketches [with portraits] of the state officers, representatives in Congress, governor's staff, and senators and members of the General assembly of the state of Connecticut . ned there one year. Subsequently he wasassigned to service at Fort Hamilton and atWashington, remaining at the latter post untilMay, 1866. He was afterwards on general re-cruiting service until December, 1867. At thereorganization of the army he was transferred tothe Thirtieth United States Infantry. He wasbrevetted Major for gallant and meritorious ser-vices at Gettysburg, and received the brevet rankof Lieutenant-Colonel for gallantry at the battleof the Wilderness. In February, 1868, he wasrelieved from active service on account of in-capacity resulting from wounds, his retirementbeing in accordance with an act of Morgan was appointed Assist-ant Quartermaster-General by General Harbisonin January, 1881, and is one of the ablest officersin the service of the National Guard. He is acousin of Lieutenant-Governor Bulkeley. Hisfather, Nathan D. Morgan, was a native of Col-chester, and his mother was a daughter of Cap-tain Henry Churchill of Portland, Conn. 31. Hon. ORVILLE H. PLATT, UNITED STATES SENATOR. Hon. Orvillb H. Platt, one of the UnitedStates Senators from Connecticut, was born inthe town of Washington, Litchfield County, inthis State, on July 19,1827, and will thereforebe fifty-five years of age in July next. Hewas a sou of Daniel G-. Pratt, a farmer, andworked upon his fathers farm until he was 20years of age. His education was received in thecommon schools and in the academy of FrederickW. Gunn, of wide reputation in later years asthe principal of The Gunnery, so called, in thetown of Washington, an institution of learningwhich became justly celebrated. Mr. Platt stud-ied law in the office of Hon. Gideon H. Hollister,Litchfield, the well known historian of Connec-ticut, who died last year, and was admitted tothe bar in Litc
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