. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . 864; Hatch-ers Run, Boydton Plank Road, capture of Petersburg,Sailors Creek and New Store, the surrender of the in-surgent armies at Appomattox Court-House. On February 23, 1866, Colonel Pulford entered theregular army as second lieutenant of the NineteenthInfantry, and was promoted first lieutenant the sameday. He joined his regiment at Newport Barracks,Kentucky, and served with it in the Southwest andWest, and engaged in General Hancocks expeditionacross the Plains against hostile Indians to April, he w
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . 864; Hatch-ers Run, Boydton Plank Road, capture of Petersburg,Sailors Creek and New Store, the surrender of the in-surgent armies at Appomattox Court-House. On February 23, 1866, Colonel Pulford entered theregular army as second lieutenant of the NineteenthInfantry, and was promoted first lieutenant the sameday. He joined his regiment at Newport Barracks,Kentucky, and served with it in the Southwest andWest, and engaged in General Hancocks expeditionacross the Plains against hostile Indians to April, he was placed on reconstruction duty inthe South, and on recruiting duty at Newport Barracks,Kentucky, and was retired from active service with therank of colonel, on account of wounds received in theline of duty, December 15, 1870. Colonel Pulford is the seventh son and ninth child ofEdward and Sarah Lloyd (Anis) Pulford, the former anative of Norwich, and the latter of Bristol, emigrated to New York City in 1833. 328 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular). MAJOR GEORGE A. PURINGTON, Major George A. Purington (Third Cavalry) wasborn in Athens, Athens Count}-, Ohio, Julv 21, 1838;removed to Rock Island, Illinois, in 1847; entered Rock-Island High School in 1856. Prepared for college atTwinsburg and Hudson, Ohio. In 1N61 assisted in organ-izing Company G, Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry(three months service), Was appointed first sergeant ofthe company April 16, 1861. In May uniformed andacted as second lieutenant, but was not mustered in assuch. Participated in the battle of Rich Mountain, Vir-ginia. After the muster out and discharge (if the regi-ment in August, 1861, Sergeant Purington reorganizedthe company into a troop of cavalry, and was musteredin as captain oi Troop A, Second Ohio Volunteer Cav-alry, August [6, 1861, at Cleveland, Ohio. Promotedmajor September 10, 1861. Was engaged in actions atIndependence, Lone Jack, Sarcoxie, Fort Wayne, RheasMills,
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