. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . rteen miles break of day, May 1, the company was on the roadready for marching, when one of the soldiers, lookingup at the mountain-side, exclaimed, Look there, lieu-tenant ! It did not take long to find that his company was sur-rounded, and almost immediately a demand was madefor his surrender. There being a double log-house near,he gave orders for his men to take possession. Thehouse was situated in a hollow known as Clarks 1 bil-low, surrounded on all sides by mountains, which en-abled the enemy to fire fro
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . rteen miles break of day, May 1, the company was on the roadready for marching, when one of the soldiers, lookingup at the mountain-side, exclaimed, Look there, lieu-tenant ! It did not take long to find that his company was sur-rounded, and almost immediately a demand was madefor his surrender. There being a double log-house near,he gave orders for his men to take possession. Thehouse was situated in a hollow known as Clarks 1 bil-low, surrounded on all sides by mountains, which en-abled the enemy to fire from the mountain-sides throughthe roof of the house. After two hours of severe fight-ing the enemy withdrew, leaving a number killed. Theirwounded were carried off, and, as was afterwards learned,about forty-five Confederates were seriously Botsfords command suffered severely, onebeing killed and twenty-two wounded, fixe of whom diedwithin a day or two. August the 6th he was again detailed to serve w ithColonel Scammon, commanding a brigade; August 20,. division was ordered to Washington, and part of it wasengaged in the second battle of Bull Run ; was attachedto the Ninth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac; Sep-tember 13, in the battle at Frederick, Md. ; September14, South Mountain; September [7, Antietam ; October2j, [862, was promoted by President Lincoln to captainand assistant adjutant-general in the United States Vol-unteers for gallantry .mil good conduct, lie served inWest Virginia with General Scammon until January,1864. Thence as assistant adjutant-general to General GeorgeCrook, and was at the battles of Cloyd Mountain, NewRiver Bridge, Blacksburg, Covington, Panthers Gap,and Buffalo Gap; thence on General Hunters raid toLynchburg, thence with Hunters command to Shenan-doah Valley. I le was engaged in the battles of SnickersFerry, Cabletown, Stevensons Depot, Winchester, andMartinsburg ; thence to General Sheridans departmentin the Shenandoah Valley. N
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