. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . f thefight, directing and animating . . and nearly one-thirdof his command had found a soldiers death, or weremaimed and helpless from the fight. Besides his promotion, General Casey received thethanks of the Legislature of his native State for hisbravery and skill in this battle. On June 30 he wasrelieved from the command of his division by GeneralMcClellan, and ordered to the White House on the Pamunkey, where he successfully performed the dutyof evacuating that depot, destroying supplies that couldnot be taken away. On
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . f thefight, directing and animating . . and nearly one-thirdof his command had found a soldiers death, or weremaimed and helpless from the fight. Besides his promotion, General Casey received thethanks of the Legislature of his native State for hisbravery and skill in this battle. On June 30 he wasrelieved from the command of his division by GeneralMcClellan, and ordered to the White House on the Pamunkey, where he successfully performed the dutyof evacuating that depot, destroying supplies that couldnot be taken away. On August 11 he was again placedon duty to receive, organize, and instruct the volun-teers arriving at Washington; and on this date thesystem of tactics for the United States Army by Caseywas adopted by the government. During his period ofduty in Washington General Casey equipped, organized,and in a preliminary manner instructed about threehundred thousand volunteer troops. He was, in JulyiS. [868, retired at his own request. So OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AXD NAVY (regular). CAPTAIN SILAS CASEY, Captain Silas Casey was born in Rhode Island upona family place between Kingston and Narragansett Pier,on September 11, 1S41. His father was General SilasCasey, of the U. S. Army, whose long service in the army,as well as his distinguished conduct in McClellans Penin-sula campaign, made his name well known to the countryat large. Captain Caseys brother is now the chief of theEngineer Department of the Army; and anotherbrother, Lieutenant Edward Casey, of the U. S. cavalry,was foully murdered only a short time ago bv WesternIndians, in whose interest he was endeavoring to makeparley. It was a most lamentable thing, especially asLieutenant Case}- was a true friend of the Indians, andhad succeeded—among the fust—in drilling some of]them into soldiers. Captain Silas Casey was appointed an acting midship-man in September, 1856. After four years at the I. .Academy, he graduated
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