. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . ssigned to the command of adivision of Pennsylvania troops, six thousand this division he was engaged in two actions whii hwill be ever memorable in the history of the war,—theattack anil capture of fort Steadman, and assault andcapture of the enemys work-, before Petersburg. Forhis gallantry at Fort Steadman the President immediately1 onferred upon him the rank of brevet major-general. After the assassination of President Lincoln, and theconspirators who had plotted the foul deed being appre-hended, the Secr
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . ssigned to the command of adivision of Pennsylvania troops, six thousand this division he was engaged in two actions whii hwill be ever memorable in the history of the war,—theattack anil capture of fort Steadman, and assault andcapture of the enemys work-, before Petersburg. Forhis gallantry at Fort Steadman the President immediately1 onferred upon him the rank of brevet major-general. After the assassination of President Lincoln, and theconspirators who had plotted the foul deed being appre-hended, the Secretary of War was seel in; ome fearless,vigilant officer to take charge of thi neral Har- tranft was named, and the appointment given him. In 1865 he was elected audit al of Pennsyl- vania, and again n I ^7- lu Wi governor oi Pennsylvania, and in all that pertainexecutive ability in the man. of the State h unsurpassed—the Commonwealth having rarely had anexecutive so fully master of every subject as himself, andndenl up 17° OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). CAPTAIN RICHARD HALL JONES, Captain Richard Hah. Jones was born August 22,1834, near Douglassville, Pennsylvania. From 1S31 to1870 he was engaged in iron manufacture, principallywrought-iron tubing, at Reading, Pennsylvania. ne Hundred and Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry. On the 6th of September, 1862, the regiment marchedfrom near Fort Woodbury, opp
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