. History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light Artillery . enant. At Grafton on the 25th of May, he was detailed as acting assistantquartermaster and commissary of subsistence, in charge of posts allover Western Virginia. In August 1861, on the resignation ofCapt. A. L. Hayes, he was promoted to the captaincy of Company Aand went to Beverly to take command of the company, but General Mc-Clellan would not relieve him from his detail as assistant cjuartermaster,remarking that good quartermasters were harder to find than
. History of the Fifth West Virginia Cavalry, formerly the Second Virginia Infantry, and of Battery G, First West Va. Light Artillery . enant. At Grafton on the 25th of May, he was detailed as acting assistantquartermaster and commissary of subsistence, in charge of posts allover Western Virginia. In August 1861, on the resignation ofCapt. A. L. Hayes, he was promoted to the captaincy of Company Aand went to Beverly to take command of the company, but General Mc-Clellan would not relieve him from his detail as assistant cjuartermaster,remarking that good quartermasters were harder to find than goodcaptains. On the 19th of February 1862, he was appointed by the Secretary ofWar a commissary of subsistence, with the rank of captain. InJune 1862 he was ordered on duty on the staff of General Sigel atMartinsburg, Va. In September 1862, he was assigned as acting chiefcommissary of subsistence of the Twelfth Army Corps, GeneralMansfield commanding. In March 1863 he was assigned to 5th Corps Head-quarters, General George G. Meade commanding, as acting chief com-missary of the Corps, and on the 25th of September 1S64, was made. WILLIAM H. GRAHAM.
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