. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ra-gut and by the Navy Department. He was then orderedto command the Monongahela, and was in the attacksupon Port Hudson upon many occasions. After temporary command of the Onondaga, iron-clad, he served in the Albemarle Sound, engaging theram Albemarle, and capturing her consort, the Bomb-shell. He returned to the Onondaga, as divisional offi-cer in James River, and was transferred to the com-mand of the frigate Wabash, which vessel he com-manded in both the bombardments of Fort Fisher. After the war Captain Smith was att
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ra-gut and by the Navy Department. He was then orderedto command the Monongahela, and was in the attacksupon Port Hudson upon many occasions. After temporary command of the Onondaga, iron-clad, he served in the Albemarle Sound, engaging theram Albemarle, and capturing her consort, the Bomb-shell. He returned to the Onondaga, as divisional offi-cer in James River, and was transferred to the com-mand of the frigate Wabash, which vessel he com-manded in both the bombardments of Fort Fisher. After the war Captain Smith was attached to theWashington Navy-Yard, and on July 25, 1866, wascommissioned as commodore. He then held the posi-tion of chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruitingin the Navy Department for four years. This is anoffice which requires confirmation by the Senate of theUnited States. He was commissioned as rear-admiral in July, 1870,and was commandant of the New York Navy-Yard untilhis retirement, by operation of law, in 1872. 394 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular). CAPTAIN JAMES A. SNYDER, (retired). Captain James A. Snyder was born March u, 1837,at Alexandria, D. C, and at the age of sixteen (in 1S5 3)he became a member of the scientific part}- (assistanttopographer) in an exploration and survey for a Pacificrailroad, under the command of Captain J. W. Gunnison,Topographical Engineers, , and during this expe-dition, in addition to his other duties, was employed inthe collection of botanical specimens. Again, in 1X58,he became a member of the Pacific Wagon-road Expe-dition, under charge of Colonel F. W. Lander, C. E., inthe construction of a wagon-road from the Smith Pass,Rocky Mountains, to the Pacific coast, serving as quar-termaster and commissary of the expedition, in additionto his duties as assistant engineer. He remained on thiswork until its completion, in i860. At the breaking outof the war he was appointed by President Lincoln a sec-ond lieutenant in t
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