Evening post annual ..: biographical sketches (with portraits) of the state officers, representatives in Congress, governor's staff, and senators and members of the General Assembly of the state of Connecticut . at thelatter post until May, [866. He was afterwardson general recruiting service until December,[867. At the reorganization of the army hewas transferred to the 30th United StatesInfantry. He was brevetted Major for gallantand meritorious services at Gettysburg, and re-ceived the brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colonelfor gallantry at the battle of the Wilderness. In February, [868, he was
Evening post annual ..: biographical sketches (with portraits) of the state officers, representatives in Congress, governor's staff, and senators and members of the General Assembly of the state of Connecticut . at thelatter post until May, [866. He was afterwardson general recruiting service until December,[867. At the reorganization of the army hewas transferred to the 30th United StatesInfantry. He was brevetted Major for gallantand meritorious services at Gettysburg, and re-ceived the brevet rank of Lieutenant-Colonelfor gallantry at the battle of the Wilderness. In February, [868, he was relieved fromactive service and placed upon the retired list,United States Army, on account of incapacityresulting from wounds, in accordance with anact of Congress. Colonel Morgan was ap-pointed Assistant Quartermaster-General byGeneral Harbison in January, [881, and is oneof the ablest officers in the service of theNational Guard. lie held the same officeunder General Olmstead, and was reappointedby General William B. Kudd. lie is a cousinof Governor ami General Bulkeley. I lis father,Nathan 1). Morgan, is a native of Colchester,and his mother was a daughter of CaptainHenry Churchill, of Portland. 211. Hon. ORVIL UNI Ml I [( in. k\ ii I I II. !i mi, one of the UnitedStates Senators from Connecticut, was born inthe town t Washington, Litchfield County, inii July I-/, i 827 11> was .t son ofDaniel <i. Piatt, a farmer, ami worked upon hisfathers farm until he was twenty years i aII • ii was received in the common scl is Am\ in the academy t Frederick W. Gunn, of wide reputation in lat< the principal i I In- Gunnerj tiled, in the town ..i Washington, an institution ol learnwhich became justly celebrated. Mi Piattstudied law in tin- 1 f Hon. < II llolli tei Litchfield, the well-known historiant 1 ? mm ? tii ut. who died in 1 88 1. andadmitted t the bar in Litchfield inSubsequent!) hi Pennsylvania bar in r/owanta, Hradlord t ounty,ami \ months in the 11 Ulyssi Men tir
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