. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . 865, andwas present at the surrender of Johnstons army April 26, 1865. He was appointed major-general of volunteeiDecember 13. 1864, ami was brevetted in the regulararmy from major to major-general, for gallant and meri-torious services in the various general actions i,, which he-had been engaged. After holding several important commands, amongthem the command of the Fifteenth Ami)- Corps during1865-66, he was mustered out of the volunteer sen iceJanuary 15, 1866, and then was a member of the Boardof Officers to recommen
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . 865, andwas present at the surrender of Johnstons army April 26, 1865. He was appointed major-general of volunteeiDecember 13. 1864, ami was brevetted in the regulararmy from major to major-general, for gallant and meri-torious services in the various general actions i,, which he-had been engaged. After holding several important commands, amongthem the command of the Fifteenth Ami)- Corps during1865-66, he was mustered out of the volunteer sen iceJanuary 15, 1866, and then was a member of the Boardof Officers to recommend Brevet Promotions. He wasappointed colonel of the Thirty-eighth Infantry July 28, 1866, and while n duty in the West was transferred tothe Sixth Infantry, upon the consolidation of regimentsin 1869. He then served at various posts in the Westwith that regiment until December 1?, [880, when he-was appointed brigadier-general and chief signal-officer,and stationed at Washington. D. C. at which place hedied January 16, 1 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). BREVET BRIGADIER-GENERAL IAMES FOWLER RUS-LING. Brevet Brigadier-General James Fowler Ruslingwas born at Washington, Warren Count)-, New Jersey,April 14, 1834, but his father, Gershom Rusling, re-moved to Trenton, New Jersey, in 1845. He graduatedat Pennington (New Jersey) Seminary in 1852 with firsthonors, and at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania,in 1854, with second honors, and received his degreeof there in 1857. He was professor of naturalscience, etc., in Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Penn-sylvania, 1854-57, and at the same time read law, andwas admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1857 and tothe New Jersey bar in 1851;, and settled in practice atTrenton. He entered the service as first lieutenant in the FifthNew Jersey Infantry, August 24, 1861 ; was appointedcaptain and assistant quartermaster, United States Vol-unteers, June 1 1, 1862 ; lieutenant-colonel, May 2j, 1863 ;colonel, April 29,
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