. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . style ; and at the conclusionof that hard campaign the same officer, under date ofMarch 11, 1875, recommended to the War Department,that First Lieutenant G. E. Overton, Sixth Cavalry,be brevcttcd captain U. S. A., for distinguished servicein leading a cavalry charge in the engagement on Mc-Clellan Creek, Texas, November 8, 1S74, and for faithfulservices during the campaign. This brevet was notgranted, owing to the fact that brevets for Indian sen i< eare not granted in the U. S. Army. Major George , First Caval
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . style ; and at the conclusionof that hard campaign the same officer, under date ofMarch 11, 1875, recommended to the War Department,that First Lieutenant G. E. Overton, Sixth Cavalry,be brevcttcd captain U. S. A., for distinguished servicein leading a cavalry charge in the engagement on Mc-Clellan Creek, Texas, November 8, 1S74, and for faithfulservices during the campaign. This brevet was notgranted, owing to the fact that brevets for Indian sen i< eare not granted in the U. S. Army. Major George , First Cavalry, commanding, in his report (datedOctober 5, 1881), to the department commander, of afight between his (Sanfords) battalion and ChiricahuaIndians (near Fort Grant), Arizona, states, The officersengaged were Lieutenant G. E. Overton, Sixth Cavalry,... all of whom are deserving of the highest commen-dation. Under date October 22, 1881, Adjutant-General J. (Military Division, Pacific), states, in an indorse-ment on a communication from Lieutenant G. E. Over-. ton, reporting the results in practical tests of recent im-provements in arms, Lieutenant Overton, Sixth Cav-alry, has always shown himself a brilliant young cav-alry officer, very observant and progressive. The troophe commands is one of the best drilled and most enter-prising of his regiment. Colonel James W. Savage, who commanded theTwelfth New York Volunteer Cavalry during the war ofthe Rebellion, states, in a communication to the Presi-dent (Andrew Johnson), dated Omaha, Nebraska, Febru-ary 1, 1868, and after referring to Lieutenant Overtonsoriginal entry into the volunteer service, and his hav-ing twice declined promotion in order that he mightretain the adjutancy of his (Savages) regiment, at theorganization of the First Florida (loyal) Cavalry, hewas offered a majority in that regiment, but he preferredto remain with the Twelfth New York Cavalry. I ledistinguished himself for bravery at the two attacks upon
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