The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS. Born in Georgia, and a graduate of the U. S. MilitaryAcademy. Cadet, July 1, ls;j2 ; second lieutenant. Jnly1, lS;i6 : brevet second lieutenant of engineers, Aug. 1,1837; first lieutenant, July 7. 1838 ; captain. March 3,1853 ; Colonel llth Infantry, May 14,1&61. He was pro-moted to Brif^. Gen., and appointed Quartermaster-General of the army. May 15. I8ijl, and honorably dis-charued the heavy labors of his office throughout theCivil War. Brevetted for distinguished
The story of a great nationOr, Our country's achievements, military, naval, political, and civil . MONTGOMERY C. MEIGS. Born in Georgia, and a graduate of the U. S. MilitaryAcademy. Cadet, July 1, ls;j2 ; second lieutenant. Jnly1, lS;i6 : brevet second lieutenant of engineers, Aug. 1,1837; first lieutenant, July 7. 1838 ; captain. March 3,1853 ; Colonel llth Infantry, May 14,1&61. He was pro-moted to Brif^. Gen., and appointed Quartermaster-General of the army. May 15. I8ijl, and honorably dis-charued the heavy labors of his office throughout theCivil War. Brevetted for distinguished scr-vicee, July 5, 1864. Retired Feb. 6, WASHINGTON HUNT. Born in Windham, N. Y , Aug. 5, 1811. Admitted tothe l)ar, 18:^4. Member of Congress. ls43-49. Comptrollerof Stale of New York, 1849. Elected Governor, 1S50 ; de-leated for same office. 1852, by Horatio Seymour. Hethen retired from active political life, but was drawnbefore the public again in 18^4, when he was a delegateto the National Demorratic Convention at Chicago. Hewas repeatedly elected a delegate \o the Triennial Con-ventions of the Protestant Episcopal Church. DiedFeb. 2, 1867.
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