. Leslie's history of the greater New York . d to the Maine bar in ISOO, continued his studies at the AlbanyLaw School, and was admittedto the New York bar in the spring of 1801with the Twenty-fifth Maine ^olunteers in 18()2, with the commissionof First Lieutenant and as Adjutant of his regiment. He was mus-tered out July 11, 1863, having also served as Assistant Adjutant-General of the Brigade. He was instrumental in raising the Thir-teenth Maine Volunteers, in which be received the comnnssion ofLieutenant-Colonel, November 10, 1863. He served thr<.ugli the i;edRiver campaign; after the ba


. Leslie's history of the greater New York . d to the Maine bar in ISOO, continued his studies at the AlbanyLaw School, and was admittedto the New York bar in the spring of 1801with the Twenty-fifth Maine ^olunteers in 18()2, with the commissionof First Lieutenant and as Adjutant of his regiment. He was mus-tered out July 11, 1863, having also served as Assistant Adjutant-General of the Brigade. He was instrumental in raising the Thir-teenth Maine Volunteers, in which be received the comnnssion ofLieutenant-Colonel, November 10, 1863. He served thr<.ugli the i;edRiver campaign; after the battle of Pleasant Hill. La., was assignedto the command of his regiment, and led in the assault of AbmettsBluff at Cane River Crossing. He assisted in the construction of theRed River dam to float the stranded gunboats at Alexandria. La., andhelped bridge the Atchafalaya River with a line of steamers. He wascommissioned Colonel of his regiment May 13, 186-t, an<I soon afterwas transferred to the Shenandoah Valley, where he served throngh-. THOMAS }IAMLIN HUBHARD. He went to the front 224 HISTORY OF THE GREATER NEW YORK. out the campaiyu of , also actiug as president of a court-mar-i \1. After the review of his command in Washington, in April, 1865,Lc! was ordered to Savannah. Ga., where he conducted a board forexamination of officers of the volunteer force who applied for com-missions in the regular army. He was commissioned Brevet-Brig-adier-Geueral July 13, 1865. and soon after mustered out of service. BUTLER, PBESCOTT HALL, member of the celebrated law firmof Evarts, Choate & Beaman, with which he has been connected formore than a quarter of a century, is the oldest cliild of the founderand original head of that firm, the late Chailes E. Butler, who, in1842, with William M. Evarts established the law partnership of But-ler & Evarts, at the head of Avhich he remained until his retirementin 1879. Mr. Butlers mother, Louisa Clinch, was a sister of the lateMrs. A. T. S


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