. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . upon which datehe was honorably mustered out of the volunteer ser-vice. He was appointed first lieutenant Forty-fifth U. S. date from July 28, 1866, and promoted captain , 1868. He received the brevets of captain for gallant andmeritorious services in the second battle of Bull Run;major for gallant and meritorious services at the battleof South Mountain, Maryland ; and lieutenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious services at the battle ofAntietam. He served in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen,and Abandoned La
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . upon which datehe was honorably mustered out of the volunteer ser-vice. He was appointed first lieutenant Forty-fifth U. S. date from July 28, 1866, and promoted captain , 1868. He received the brevets of captain for gallant andmeritorious services in the second battle of Bull Run;major for gallant and meritorious services at the battleof South Mountain, Maryland ; and lieutenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious services at the battle ofAntietam. He served in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen,and Abandoned Lands in S. C. from Jan. 5, 1867, to , 1868; and in Florida with brevet rank to July 15,1870; on duty at head-quarters Bureau of Refugees,Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, until hewas retired from active service, with the full rank ofcolonel, Dec. 15,1870, for disability resulting from woundsreceived in line of duty, under section 32 of the act ofCongress approved July 20, 1S66, which authorized re-tirement in such cases with the full rank of the command. held by the officer when the disabling wounds were re-ceived ; retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, theactual rank in the volunteer service held by him whenwounded, March 3, 1875, under the provisions of anact of Congress approved that date. Incidental to his field service he participated with hisregiment in the battles of Cedar Mountain, three days atRappahannock Station, Thoroughfare Gap, Bull Run,second Chantilly, South Mountain, and Antietam. Wasin command from and during the battle of Bull Run toAntietam. At the second battle of Bull Run, Major Gile com-manded the Eighty-eighth Penn. Vol. This regimentwas one of the four comprising Towers brigade, and ofthe conduct of that brigade, General Pope, in his officialreport, speaks as follows : Towers brigade, of Rickettss division, was pushedforward into action into support of Reynoldss division,led forward in person by General Tower with conspicu-ous skill
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