. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . commanded the Dale, North Atlantic Block-ading Squadron, 1862. Promoted lieutenant-commanderJuly 16, 1862 ; remained attached to the North AtlanticBlockading Squadron till the close of the war, duringwhich time commanded the steamers Alabama, Cho-cura, and Tacony, and took part in the capture ofPlymouth, North Carolina, 1S64, the two attacks andcapture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 1864-65, and invarious engagements with batteries along the coast ofNorth Carolina; superintendent of coal shipments for thenavy at Philadelp
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . commanded the Dale, North Atlantic Block-ading Squadron, 1862. Promoted lieutenant-commanderJuly 16, 1862 ; remained attached to the North AtlanticBlockading Squadron till the close of the war, duringwhich time commanded the steamers Alabama, Cho-cura, and Tacony, and took part in the capture ofPlymouth, North Carolina, 1S64, the two attacks andcapture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, 1864-65, and invarious engagements with batteries along the coast ofNorth Carolina; superintendent of coal shipments for thenavy at Philadelphia, 1866-67. Promoted commanderJuly, 25, 1866; commanded Jamestown, Pacific Squad-ron, 1868-70; inspector ordnance, navy-yard, Boston,1871-73. Promoted captain September 25, 1873;commanding Brooklyn (second-rate), North AtlanticSquadron, 1873-74, and flag-ship, South Atlantic Squad-ron, 1874-75; member of Board of Inspectors, 1876;navy-yards, Boston and Norfolk, 1877-81. Commodore,May II, 1882. Died, February 25, 1887. 55 434 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular). MAJOR TULLIUS C. TUPPER, Major Tullius C. Tupper (Sixth Cavalry) was bornin Strongsville, Ohio, September 23, 1S3S. He is theson of Charles Tupper, a soldier of the War of 1S12;grandson of Samuel Tupper, a militiaman at the age ofsixteen in the American Revolution; and a lineal de-scendant of Thomas Tupper, one of the original propri-etors in 1637 of the town of Sandwich, Plymouth Colony. I [e enlisted in the Third (now Sixth) Cavalry in July,[86]. Upon the organization of Captain D. McM. Greggscompany, E, he was made first sergeant. At White HouseLanding, Virginia, he was appointed sergeant-major, whichposition he held when appointed second lieutenant, in[862. He participated in all the battles and affairs inwhich his regiment was engaged until January I, 1865,when he was ordered on recruiting servii e Major-General Stoneman particularly invited theattention of the commanding general to LieutenantTupper for
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