. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . enant of the Twentieth Regiment of the VeteranReserve Corps, March 25, 1865, serving at Wheeling,West Virginia, in connection with mustering out WestVirginia volunteers to November, 1 865, and in Tennessee,Georgia, and South Carolina during reconstruction,until honorably mustered out of the volunteer service,June 30, 1866. 1 le was brevetted a first lieutenant of volunteers March18, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the bat-tles before Petersburg, and a captain of the same datefor the same occasion. Captain A
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . enant of the Twentieth Regiment of the VeteranReserve Corps, March 25, 1865, serving at Wheeling,West Virginia, in connection with mustering out WestVirginia volunteers to November, 1 865, and in Tennessee,Georgia, and South Carolina during reconstruction,until honorably mustered out of the volunteer service,June 30, 1866. 1 le was brevetted a first lieutenant of volunteers March18, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the bat-tles before Petersburg, and a captain of the same datefor the same occasion. Captain Anderson entered the regular service by ap-pointment as second lieutenant of the Twenty-fifth L*. , August 10, 1867, and served as quartermasterand commissary at Columbia, Newberry, and Greenville,South Carolina, and was transferred to the EighteenthInfantry April 26, 1869. He was promoted first lieu-tenant October 17, 1878, and served in his regimentuntil April, 1879, when he moved with it to Fort Assin-niboin, Montana, participating in the campaign in North-. ern Montana against Sioux Indians under Sitting Hulland Gall, during the months of January and February,[881. His regiment was transferred to the Indian Terri-tory in 1885, and while on duty at Fort Gibson he wasmade regimental quartermaster, to date from November,1889. The regiment subsequently moved to Texas, andhe was stationed with the head-quarters at Fort Clarkuntil promoted a captain June 21, 1S90, when he wasrelieved as quartermaster and joined his company. Captain Anderson comes from old New England of his ancestors, Colonial Governor Bradford, was oneof the Mayflower colony which landed at Plymouth in1620, and was an active participant in the events of thatperiod. His ancestors also served in the war for Americanindependence. Captain Anderson is a member of the first class of theKansas Commandery of the Military Order of the LoyalLegion; also member of the George H. Ward Post,No. 10, Grand Ar
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