. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . Selden, and himself were released from prisonand restored to duty, on condition that LieutenantsStevens, Loyall, and Butt should be sent South underflag of truce. There were also three hundred and fiftyprisoners, captured at Hatteras Inlet in August, 1861,sent South under the same negotiation, for which werereceived three hundred and fifty of the Bull Run prison-ers, captured in July, 1861. This was the first exchange of prisoners authorized byPresident Lincoln and his Cabinet, and marks a distinctphase in the conduct of t
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . Selden, and himself were released from prisonand restored to duty, on condition that LieutenantsStevens, Loyall, and Butt should be sent South underflag of truce. There were also three hundred and fiftyprisoners, captured at Hatteras Inlet in August, 1861,sent South under the same negotiation, for which werereceived three hundred and fifty of the Bull Run prison-ers, captured in July, 1861. This was the first exchange of prisoners authorized byPresident Lincoln and his Cabinet, and marks a distinctphase in the conduct of the war. In January, 1S62, Lieutenant Kautz was ordered tothe Hartford, Admiral Farraguts flag-ship, and servedupon his staff; but commanded the first division ofgreat guns in the engagements with Forts Jackson andSt. Philip, the Chalmette batteries, and the capture ofNew Orleans, in April, 1862. He had command of thehowitzers, under Captain Henry Bell, at New Orleans,and hauled down the Lone-Star flag in person fromthe City Hall. This was the flag which the mayor re-. fused to strike. He then hoisted the Stars anil Stripeson the Custom-House. (The hauling down of the Lone-Star flag has been erroneously attributed toCaptain Bell in some accounts of those exciting times.)Lieutenant Kautz continued to serve in the Hart-ford during the engagements with the batteries at Vicks-burg in June and July, 1862. In August he was seizedby malarial fever, condemned by medical survey, and sentNorth. His next service was on board the steam-sloopJuniata, of the West India Squadron, in 1863 ; and in1S64-65 he served as first lieutenant of the sloop-of-war Cyane in the Pacific. Promoted lieutenant-commanderin May, 1865. Served in the Winooski, of the HomeSquadron, and flag-ship Pensacola, of the PacificSquadron, up to August, 1868. Then on board thereceiving-ship at Norfolk, and at the navy-yard, Boston,up to August, 1871, at which time he was appointedinspector of light-houses, with head-quarters
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