. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . 1865,for gallant and meritorious services during the war. He was promoted to the captaincy of Company G,First U. S. Cavalry, July 28, 1866, at which date he wasserving with his company on the plains against the In-dians, participating in nineteen fights, from 1866 to 1881,in Arizona, California, and Oregon. ] le thus has to hiscredit one hundred and three battles and was recommended by General Orel for the brevet ofbrigadier-general, for gallantry in action with the Chiri-cahua Indians, October 20, 1869. On t
. Officers of the army and navy (regular) who served in the Civil War . 1865,for gallant and meritorious services during the war. He was promoted to the captaincy of Company G,First U. S. Cavalry, July 28, 1866, at which date he wasserving with his company on the plains against the In-dians, participating in nineteen fights, from 1866 to 1881,in Arizona, California, and Oregon. ] le thus has to hiscredit one hundred and three battles and was recommended by General Orel for the brevet ofbrigadier-general, for gallantry in action with the Chiri-cahua Indians, October 20, 1869. On the 7th of Feb.[886, marched Companies D and E, Sixteenth Infantry,from Fort Mcintosh, Texas, to the city of Laredo, Texas,for the purpose of suppressing a local political riot thathad been going on for several hours ; some twenty oddpersons having been killed, he took charge of the city,disarmed both parties, kept charge of the city for thenight, restoring order. He was promoted major of theEighth Cavalry November r, 1882. 3» OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAlY [.regular). COLONEL CLERMONT L. BEST (retired). Colonel Clermont L. Best was born in New York,and graduated from the Military Academy in the class of1847. He was appointed a brevet second lieutenant ofthe First LI. S. Artillery, and served in the war withMexico, during which time he received his appointmentas second lieutenant. Fourth Artillery. < In duty at FortMonroe, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Jefferson Bar-racks, Missouri, in [848—49, and was then engaged inFlorida, in hostilities against the Seminole Indians,during the year 1 850. He was at this time promoted first lieutenant andordered to Fort Hamilton, and served at that post andFort Mifflin, Pennsylvania, from 1X50 to [853, when hewas placed on frontier duty at Ringgold Barracks,Texas,serving there and at Fort Brown and Las Animas. Texas,to 1855. lie was granted leave of absence at this time,and rejoined his command in [856 in Florida, where hewas engaged in hos
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