. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . April 8, 1869, he resigned as chief of bureau. July 6, 1869, he was appointed chief inspector of pro-visions and clothing. February 8, 1873, he was detached from duty, underthe provision of law prohibiting the employment of navyofficers on the retired list except in time of war. Paymaster-General Bridge now resides at The Moor-ings, Athens, Pennsylvania. He is well known as an accomplished writer and mostcapable officer, who enjoyed the intimacy and confidenceof the different Presidents and Secretaries under whomhe served
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . April 8, 1869, he resigned as chief of bureau. July 6, 1869, he was appointed chief inspector of pro-visions and clothing. February 8, 1873, he was detached from duty, underthe provision of law prohibiting the employment of navyofficers on the retired list except in time of war. Paymaster-General Bridge now resides at The Moor-ings, Athens, Pennsylvania. He is well known as an accomplished writer and mostcapable officer, who enjoyed the intimacy and confidenceof the different Presidents and Secretaries under whomhe served so long in his most responsible position. 54 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY regular). CAPTAIN HENRY K. BRINKERHOFF. Captain Henry R. Brinkerhoff (Fifteenth Infantry)was born in Ohio October 9. 1S36. He entered the vol-unteer service in the early days of the Rebellion, as firstlieutenant of the Thirtieth 1 Ihio Infantry, August 29,1861, and participated in the Vicksburg campaign of 1863, being engaged in the siege, assaults, and capture ofVicksburg, Mississippi, June, and July of that year. He was honorably mustered out of the Thirtieth OhioInfantry July 26, 1863, in order to accept the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Fifty-second Colored Troops July27, and with his regiment participated in the Marylandcampaign of the Army of the Potomac, being engagedin the battles of South Mountain ami Antietam, Mary-land, September 15, 16, and 17, 1862, and in the actionsof Colemans Cross-Roads, Mississippi, in 1S64. He was in the Department of the South, with coloredtroops, from this time until 1S66. He resigned June 20,[865, but was reappointed lieutenant-colonel of the Fifty-seco
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