. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . operations ofhis cavalry from March 28 to the surrender of GeneralFee, says, Major Thomas, commanding the First Penn-sylvania Cavalry, was severely wounded while leadinghis command in a charge at Jettersville, April 5, 1865,and has lost a leg from the injury he received. Of thisofficer I cannot speak too highly. Foremost in everyfight, brave and daring, yet possessed of most excellentjudgment, his loss to the service is irreparable. In everyaction he was distinguished. The success of the attackon the train at Painesville
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . operations ofhis cavalry from March 28 to the surrender of GeneralFee, says, Major Thomas, commanding the First Penn-sylvania Cavalry, was severely wounded while leadinghis command in a charge at Jettersville, April 5, 1865,and has lost a leg from the injury he received. Of thisofficer I cannot speak too highly. Foremost in everyfight, brave and daring, yet possessed of most excellentjudgment, his loss to the service is irreparable. In everyaction he was distinguished. The success of the attackon the train at Painesville is greatly due to him, andwith subsequent movements of that day his serviceswere most valuable. He was mustered out of service in August, 1805. Piewas appointed a lieutenant of cavalry in the United StatesArmy, and was assigned to the Seventh United St,Cavalry, but resigned his appointment on account of hiswounds not having thoroughly healed. He has been amember of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion sinceOctober, 1866. [48 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY ^volunteer). SURGEON HENRY 0. MARCY. Surgeon Hkxky (). Marcy, of Boston, dates back hisancestry to the early founders of the colony of Massa-chusetts Bay. Great-grandfather and grandfather foughtside by side in the Revolutionary War, while the fatherserved in the War of 1812. Dr. Marcy received his classical education atWesleyanAcademy and Amherst College. He graduated from theMedical Department of Harvard University in 1863. InMay of the same year he was commissioned assistantsurgeon of the Forty-third Regiment Mass. was stationed at New-Berne, North Carolina. Hebecame interested in the experimental efforts being madeto organize into an active soldiery the slave refugees whohad accumulated at this place in numbers greatly in excessof the demand for labor. Dr. Marcy returned to Boston with his regiment at theexpiration of its term of service, but soon received anearnest appeal from General Wilde to accep
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