. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . rigadier- and major-general United States Army,and placed in command of the Rio Grande District, Texas,pending our governments demand that Maximilian andhis European allies should promptly evacuate Mexico. The Rebellion having been suppressed, (ieneral Weitzelwas mustered out of the volunteer service and resumedhis prhio, and that around theSault Sainte Marie, near the outlet of Lake Superior. The order of the chief of engineers, announcing thedeath of (ieneral Weitzel, concludes with this tribute tohis worth: A distingu
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . rigadier- and major-general United States Army,and placed in command of the Rio Grande District, Texas,pending our governments demand that Maximilian andhis European allies should promptly evacuate Mexico. The Rebellion having been suppressed, (ieneral Weitzelwas mustered out of the volunteer service and resumedhis prhio, and that around theSault Sainte Marie, near the outlet of Lake Superior. The order of the chief of engineers, announcing thedeath of (ieneral Weitzel, concludes with this tribute tohis worth: A distinguished an accomplished engineer, a genial friend, true to the noblest instincts ofmanhood, faithful in the disi ; even duty, the Corps of Engineers mourns to-day the loss of well-earned lame it may juslU be proud. 3r»4 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). MAJOR-GENERAL ALERED PLEASONTON, Major-General Am ki d Ii easonton was born in theDistrict of Columbia, and was graduated from the UnitedStates Military Academy July i, 1844. lie was pro-moted brevet second lieutenant, First Dragoons, thesame day ; second lieutenant, Second Dragoons, Novem-ber 3, 1845 ; and first lieutenant September 30, serving oil the frontier until 1845, he participatedin the military occupation of Texas and the MexicanWar, being engaged in the battles of Palo Alto and Re-sacade la Palma,for which he received the brevet of firstlieutenant for gallant and meritorious conduct. Hewas then mi duty in New Mexico, and engaged againstApache Indians in a skirmish near the Laguna on theJornado del Muerto, January 25, 1852. Lieutenant Pleasonton was adjutant of the SecondDragoons from July 1, 1854, to March 3, 1855, servingin Texas and Kansas, and was promoted captain March2 [855, during that and the following year participatingin the Sioux expedition. He s
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