. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . according toMajor George B. Daviss work on International note, pp. 361-362. In 1862 Captain Wilkes commanded the James RiverFlotilla, and shelled City Point. He was promoted tocommodore July 16, 1862, and placed in command ofthe Flying Squadron in the West Indies. ( )f the officers under his command, Rear-AdmiralStevens is among the few remaining. Commodore Wilkeswas placed on the retired list, June 25, 1864, from age,and promoted to rear-admiral, on the retired list, July25, 1866. His contributions to literature
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . according toMajor George B. Daviss work on International note, pp. 361-362. In 1862 Captain Wilkes commanded the James RiverFlotilla, and shelled City Point. He was promoted tocommodore July 16, 1862, and placed in command ofthe Flying Squadron in the West Indies. ( )f the officers under his command, Rear-AdmiralStevens is among the few remaining. Commodore Wilkeswas placed on the retired list, June 25, 1864, from age,and promoted to rear-admiral, on the retired list, July25, 1866. His contributions to literature were the nar-rative of the expedition (four volumes), and the volumeson meteorology and hydrography. He is also the authorof Western America, 1849, anc^ The Theory of theWinds, 1856. Admiral Wilkes lived until February 8, 1877. He diedat his home in Washington. His latter years were spentin retirement, but up to a few days of his death his onethought was his country, and his regret that his time ofserving her was ended. 58 45 * OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular). BRIGADIER- AND BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL OR-LANDO B. WILLCOX, (retired). Brigadier- and Brevet Major-General Orlando ix was born in Mich., April 16, 1823, and graduatedfrom the Military Academy in the Class of 1847, whenhe was promoted second lieutenant of the Fourth Artil-lery, and first lieutenant April 30, 1850. He served withLight Batter} G, in the war with Mexico, from Sept.,1847, to June, 184S, and in the Sumner Expedition onthe Plains, 1850; served with troops, Fourth Artillery andmarines, in the Anthony Burns Riot, Boston, May 17 toJune 3,1854, and with company in Florida, Bill}- BowlcgssWar, 1856-57. He resigned from Fourth Artillery , 1857, and settled at Detroit, Mich., in the practice ofthe law until May, 1 861. At the commencement of the war of the Rebellion hewas appointed colonel of the First Mich. Infantry, May 1,1861, and brigadier-general of volunteers July 21, 1861 ;commanded i
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