. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . dpursuit of Price. Commanded the troops in the action atCross Timbers, Arkansas, and participated in the battleof Pea Ridge, Arkansas. lie was in command of adivision at the siege of Corinth, and in the pursuit ofthe enemy to Boonville. Made brigadier-general U. May, 1862, to rank from December, troops in the engagement at Nolensville andNole Gap in the advance on Murfreesborough. He wasat the battle of Stone River, and commanded the forcesin pursuit of the rebel General Wheeler. In the cam-paig
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . dpursuit of Price. Commanded the troops in the action atCross Timbers, Arkansas, and participated in the battleof Pea Ridge, Arkansas. lie was in command of adivision at the siege of Corinth, and in the pursuit ofthe enemy to Boonville. Made brigadier-general U. May, 1862, to rank from December, troops in the engagement at Nolensville andNole Gap in the advance on Murfreesborough. He wasat the battle of Stone River, and commanded the forcesin pursuit of the rebel General Wheeler. In the cam-paign against Tullahoma and Chattanooga; engaged ataction of Liberty Gap, battles of Chickamauga, Mis-sionary Ridge, pursuit of the rebels; actions of Chicka-mauga Station and Shepards Farm ; expedition for therelief of Knoxville; reconnoissance at Dalton; action ofBuzzards Roost (commanding forces); advance on At-lanta, battle of Resaca, capture of Rome ; actions aroundDallas, assault on Kenesaw Mountain, and capture ofMarietta; in the actions of Nicojack Creek, Chatta-. hoochie River, battle of Peach-Tree Creels, and oper-ations around Atlanta, Georgia. Brevet major-generalU. S. Volunteers August, [864; commanding FourteenthArms Corps; engaged at the battle and occupation otfonesborough ; pursuit of the rebel General Hood in rearof .Atlanta. He was in Shermans march to the sea andthrough the Carolinas, being engaged at the capture of Sa-vannah, Georgia; battles of Averysborough and Benton-ville, capture of Raleigh, and surrender of the rebel armyunder General Johnston. In the march to WashingtonCity via Richmond, Virginia, and transported the Four-teenth Corps to Louisville, Kentucky, when it was mus-tered out of service fuly and August, 1865 ; commandedDepartment of Kentucky 1866; commanded expeditionto occupy Alaska, and in command of Department ofAlaska September, 1867, to August, 1870. Brevet majorU. S. Army for gallant and meritorious conduct at thebattle of Rome, Georgia; b
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