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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...captain Co A, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, Aug. 20, 1861; mus tered same date; in command of Fort Welles from May, 1862, until July, 1862; resigned May 22, 1863; commissioned first lieutenant Fourteenth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery Oct. 24, 1863; re-mustered to date Sept. 22, 1863; assigned to Co. D by order dated Dec. 6, 1863, having been transferred from Co. E; detached as acting ordnance officer Jan. 15, 1864, and so borne until March, 1864; detached as acting ordnance officer Thirteenth Army Corps, March 18, 1864, and so borne until June 19, 1864, when appointed acting ordnance officer District of Carrollton, and borne as such until Aug., 1864; borne as absent sick from Sept. 8, 1864, until Nov., 1864; borne as acting commissary of subsistence and acting assistant quartermaster of post, Fort Jackson, La., from Feb. 8, 1865, until May, 1865; acting battalion quartermaster of the First Battalion at Brashear City; acting assistant quartermaster of the post, July 29, 1865, until relieved Sept. 16, 1865; mustered out Oct. 2, 1865; commissioned second lieutenant Third United States Infantry, June 18, 1867; post adjutant at Fort Lyon, Col., from Dec. 5, 1867, until April 5, 1869; assigned to Fourteenth Infantry April 27, 1870; promoted first lieutenant Feb. 9, 1874; acting assistant quartermaster Camp Stambaugh, Wyoming, from Oct., 1874, until Jan., 1875; post adjutant Fort Hall, Idaho, from July, 1875, to Oct., 1876; acting assistant quartermaster, acting commissary of subsistence, and post treasurer, from Oct., 1876, to March, 1877; acting assistant quartermaster and acting signal officer from Feb., 1878, to Aug., 1878; inspecting Indian supplies at Lemli Indian Agency, Nov. and Dec., 1878; ordered before the retiring board at Fort...
