. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . ime he resigned from the service. After leaving the army, General Tyler was proprietorof the Woodstock Iron Company, Anniston, Alabama,from 1872 to 1882; agent of the bondholders (to fore-close their mortgage) of Mobile and Montgomery (Ala-bama) Railroad, 1873-74; and president of the railroadfrom 1S74 to 1877. During the incumbency of Mr. Poinsett in the WarDepartment, he urged General Tyler to return to thearmy; but he declined, saying, My army life has beenwithout any reward, and I have lost all ambition to beconnecte
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . ime he resigned from the service. After leaving the army, General Tyler was proprietorof the Woodstock Iron Company, Anniston, Alabama,from 1872 to 1882; agent of the bondholders (to fore-close their mortgage) of Mobile and Montgomery (Ala-bama) Railroad, 1873-74; and president of the railroadfrom 1S74 to 1877. During the incumbency of Mr. Poinsett in the WarDepartment, he urged General Tyler to return to thearmy; but he declined, saying, My army life has beenwithout any reward, and I have lost all ambition to beconnected with the service, where politics and prejudiceruled, and where the fact that a man was not born inthe South was a bar to promotion. This last illusionhad reference to a recent reorganization of the Ord-nance Corps, in which all the officers but five hadbeen selected from the South, and that of the captainsappointed three were second lieutenants, of whom onehad never seen a days service since he graduated at WertPoint. 3<5o OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN. Brevet Major-General Joshua L. Chamberlain wasborn in Maine in 1828. He is of a family of militarytraditions and proclivities, and, having received the ele-ments of a military education, he naturally adapted him-self to the severe ordeal of army activity. General Chamberlain entered the army as lieutenant-colonel of the Twentieth Regiment, Maine Volunteers,on August 8, 1862, and served continuously in the FirstDivision of the Fifth Corps, finally commanding it, andwas mustered out of service January 16, 1866, as brevetmajor-general. In June, 1S63, he was colonel of his regiment. Hewas in the thickest of the great fight at Round Top, themarvel of his men and the idol of his superior officers. Early in the summer of 1S63 the First and Fifth ArmyCorps were consolidated. They consisted of Double-days division of veterans (Roy Stones and Rowleys oldbrigades), to whic
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