. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ap hiscommand took possession of the Gap twenty-four hoursin advance of the cavalry, and held it, in spite of the des-perate efforts of the enemy to dislodge him. He tookpart in the battle of Resaca, and forced a passage acrossthe Oostenaula River at Lays Ferry, where he fought asuccessful battle, which resulted in General Joseph retreat southward. He also participated in the battles of Dallas and Kene-saw Mountain; and at the battle before Atlanta, July 221864, his division drove the enemy back with great loss
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . ap hiscommand took possession of the Gap twenty-four hoursin advance of the cavalry, and held it, in spite of the des-perate efforts of the enemy to dislodge him. He tookpart in the battle of Resaca, and forced a passage acrossthe Oostenaula River at Lays Ferry, where he fought asuccessful battle, which resulted in General Joseph retreat southward. He also participated in the battles of Dallas and Kene-saw Mountain; and at the battle before Atlanta, July 221864, his division drove the enemy back with great loss,capturing four battle-flags and nine hundred prisoners. General Sweeny was mustered out of the volunteerservice August 24, 1865. He afterwards was placed incommand of various posts in the Southern States. Hereceived an elegant gold sword from the city of Brooklynfor his services in the Rebellion. General Sweeny wasretired with the full rank of brigadier-general May n,1870, and died at Astoria, Long Island, April 10, 1892. 416 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NA VY (regular). CAPTAIN OWEN J. SWEET, A. Captain Owen J. Sweet (Twenty-fifth Infantry) wasborn in Kent, Connecticut, September 4, 1845. Heentered the service as second lieutenant of the OneHundred and Thirty-seventh New York Infantry, Sep-tember 6, 1862. He served in the Third Brigade,Second Division, Twelfth Army Corps, Army of thePotomac. During the year 1S62, in skirmishes atBolivar Heights, Hallstown, Charlestown, Berryville, andnear Winchester, Virginia; March 19, 1863, promotedfirst lieutenant One Hundred and Thirty-seventh NewYork Infantry; 1S63, in skirmishes at Occoquan Creek-,Dumfries, Snickers, and Manassas Gaps, Virginia ; Fair-field, Maryland; battles of Fredericksburg and Chancel-lorsville, Virginia, and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where,when seventeen years of age, on the night of July 2,after his regiment, which had been holding a brigadefront against repeated assaults by General Swells corps,was compelled to c
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