. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . , 1847-49, ant fort Laramie,Dakota, 1849-51. He was ordered to St. Louis, Mis-souri, and stationed there to 1852, and then transferredto Fort Brown, Texas, serving at that post and BrazosSantiago, Texas, until 1855. He participated in theSioux Indian expedition from April 3, 1855, to July 17,1856, and was engaged in the action of Blue Water, Sep-tember 3, 1855. Captain Van Vliet was detailed on special service inUtah, in 1857, and was on duty in New York City in1857-58, from which point he was transferred to FortLeavenwort
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . , 1847-49, ant fort Laramie,Dakota, 1849-51. He was ordered to St. Louis, Mis-souri, and stationed there to 1852, and then transferredto Fort Brown, Texas, serving at that post and BrazosSantiago, Texas, until 1855. He participated in theSioux Indian expedition from April 3, 1855, to July 17,1856, and was engaged in the action of Blue Water, Sep-tember 3, 1855. Captain Van Vliet was detailed on special service inUtah, in 1857, and was on duty in New York City in1857-58, from which point he was transferred to FortLeavenworth, Kansas, and served there until the com-mencement of the war of the Rebellion. He was pro-moted major, staff-quartermaster, August 20, 1861, forfourteen years service as captain, and appointed briga-dier-general of volunteers September 23, 1861, andserved as chief quartermaster of the Army of the Potomacfrom August 20, 1861, to July 10, 1862, participating inthe Virginia Peninsula campaign. He was then orderedon duty at New York City, furnishing supplies and trans-. portation to the armies in the field until March 31, was brevetted major-general of volunteers, March13, 1865, for faithful and meritorious services during theRebellion, and received the following brevets in the reg-ular service: lieutenant-colonel, colonel, and brigadier-general, October 28, 1864, for faithful and meritoriousservices during the Rebellion. He was re-commissionedbrigadier-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, andbrevetted major-general U. S. Army the same date, forfaithful and distinguished services in the quartermastersdepartment during the war. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel, staff, deputyquartermaster-general, July 29, 1866, and mustered outof the volunteer service September 1, 1866. He servedas depot quartermaster at Baltimore from April 18,1867, to May 13, 1869; was in charge of SchuylkillArsenal, Pennsylvania, and chief quartermaster of theDivision of the Atlantic to June 1, 1872
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