. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ckading Squadron, [864;present at the bombardment and surrender of FortMorgan, Mobile Bay; transferred to U. S. S. Monon-gahcla, November, 1864, and served on blockade offthe coast of Texas until spring of 1865, when ship wasordered home to New York at close of the war; wasattending surgeon in the city of Washington, 1865, andalso did duty as assistant to the chief of Bureau of Medi-cine and Surgery in the Navy Department at the sametime; ordered to U. S. S. Swatara, October, 1S65 ;cruised in West Indies, 1S65-66; in Europ
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ckading Squadron, [864;present at the bombardment and surrender of FortMorgan, Mobile Bay; transferred to U. S. S. Monon-gahcla, November, 1864, and served on blockade offthe coast of Texas until spring of 1865, when ship wasordered home to New York at close of the war; wasattending surgeon in the city of Washington, 1865, andalso did duty as assistant to the chief of Bureau of Medi-cine and Surgery in the Navy Department at the sametime; ordered to U. S. S. Swatara, October, 1S65 ;cruised in West Indies, 1S65-66; in Europe and WestCoast of Africa, 1866-68; Swatara captured JohnH. Surratt in Alexandria, Egypt, and brought him toWashington ; autumn of 1868, detached from Swataraand transferred to flag-ship Franklin, Admiral Farra-gut, and returned to United States; on duty at NavalRendezvous, Philadelphia, 1869-70; in the winter of1870-71 served as geologist of the Tehuantepec Sur-veying Expedition, and wrote a report of the geologyand general resources of the Isthmus with reference to. the construction of a ship-canal there; ordered to NavalHospital in Philadelphia, 1871 ; served on the U. S. S. < )maha, 1872-74, cruising on coast of Brazil, and inI In- South Pacific; went as one of the boats crew ofvolunteers to pick up an officer and man overboard atsea, off east coast of Patagonia, heavy sea running at thetime ; attached to the U. S. receiving-ship Potomac,1S74-75 ; served on theU. S. monitor Dictator, NorthAtlantic Squadron, for eighteen months, from June,1875; had charge of quarantine measures to protectU. S. vessels-of-war in Port Royal waters from yellowfever, during an epidemic in the vicinity ; commander-in-chief of station officially commended services to NavyDepartment, under date of September 29, 1876; on dutyin Washington, 1877-78, as member of Examining Boardfor admission and promotion of medical officers. Pro-moted to medical inspector, with relative rank of com-mander, October
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