. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ain Barron, who had been fifty years in theU. S. Navy, surrendered, after great loss. Not a man ofthe attacking force was killed or wounded. The militaryforce sent was not sufficient to follow up the success. Atthat period we were only learning, slowly, how to con-duct war. In September, 1S61, at his own request, hewas relieved from a command too arduous for a personof his age. He was commissioned as rear-admiral July16, 1862, and ordered to special duty. Was commandantof navy-yard, 1864-66; port-admiral, at New York, 1868
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ain Barron, who had been fifty years in theU. S. Navy, surrendered, after great loss. Not a man ofthe attacking force was killed or wounded. The militaryforce sent was not sufficient to follow up the success. Atthat period we were only learning, slowly, how to con-duct war. In September, 1S61, at his own request, hewas relieved from a command too arduous for a personof his age. He was commissioned as rear-admiral July16, 1862, and ordered to special duty. Was commandantof navy-yard, 1864-66; port-admiral, at New York, in 1869. Admiral Stringham was of very strong, square build,and of medium height. His countenance was most firm,while pleasant and mild in expression. He wore nobeard, and was always careful to be clean-shaven, andwas especially neat in his dress. He was a martinet, buthe always scrupulously obeyed regulations himself,—at whatever personal inconvenience,—and always tookcare that every one under his command did so. 4o8 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (regular). CAPTAIN AND BREVET LIEUTENANT-COLONELSHELDON STURGEON, (retired). Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel SheldonStukgeon was bom in Sparta, New York, February 7,1838, and graduated from the Military Academy May 6,[861. He was promoted second lieutenant of the FirstInfantry the same day; first lieutenant June 24, 1861 ;and captain .April 25, 1862. He served during the warof the Rebellion drilling the Sixty-ninth New York In-fantry, Second Maine Infantry, and Second ConnecticutInfantry until July 1, 1861 ; then he was on duty withthe battalion of the Third I. S. Infantry until September,1861, participating with it in the battle of Bull Run,when he joined his company at Governors Island, NewYork, on its return from Texas on parole. He wasthen detailed on recruiting service, and was musteringand disbursing officer at Buffalo, New York, from 1861 to 1863. At that time he joined his company at New( Orleans, Louisi
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