. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . as second lieutenant of the first Artil-lery ; was promoted first lieutenant March 20, 1866,and was brevettcd captain for gallant and meritoriousservices in the siege of Corinth, and major for gallantand meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg. Hewas also brevetted major of volunteers for gallant andmeritorious services, and lieutenant-colonel of volunteersfor gallant and meritorious services dining the war. Since entering the regular army, Major MacMurraysservice has been of both varied and important edu
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . as second lieutenant of the first Artil-lery ; was promoted first lieutenant March 20, 1866,and was brevettcd captain for gallant and meritoriousservices in the siege of Corinth, and major for gallantand meritorious services in the siege of Vicksburg. Hewas also brevetted major of volunteers for gallant andmeritorious services, and lieutenant-colonel of volunteersfor gallant and meritorious services dining the war. Since entering the regular army, Major MacMurraysservice has been of both varied and important education as a civil engineer fitted him for manyduties to which he has been assigned. He was professorof military science and tactics at the University of Mis-souri, at Columbia and Rolla, Missouri; at Cornell Uni-versity, New York, and at Union College ; he made plansand estimates for sanitary system for Vancouver Bar-racks, and designed water system for that and other on recruiting service at Binghamton, New York. 248 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular). CHIEF ENGINEER DAVID B. MACOMB. (retired). Chief Engineer David B. Macomb was horn nearTallahassee, Florida, February 27, 1827. He wasappointed third assistant engineer in the navy January11, 1S49, from Pennsylvania. His first duty was in theoffice of the engineer-in-chief. Navy Department, Wash-ington, D. C, 1849-50; coast-survey steamer Bibb,1850-51 ; promoted to second assistant engineer Febru-ary 26, 185 1, remaining attached to the coast-surveyingsteamer Bibb, as her senior engineer, until December,1S52, and was then ordered to the steamer John I lan-cock, attached to the squadron of the U. S. ExploringExpedition to the North Pacific Ocean, China and JapanSeas, under Acting Commodore Cadwalader Ringgold,, which acted in conjunction with G imnii idi ire M. , , in concluding the treaty of amity and com-merce with Japan, 1853-55 I promoted to first assistant en-gineer June 26, 185(1, and
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