Congressional Serial SetU.S. Government Printing Office, 1896 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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12 june 14 infantry 16 July 16 sept 21 sept 28 july 30 june 31 july 62 accepted 67 Gallant 9 cav 91 cadet action against Indians Army artillery assignable brevet rank asst battle battle of Gettysburg brig cadet M. A. capt maj capt retired Captain cavalry Charles corpl date of commission dept Disability in line discharged duty sec Edward Faithful and meritorious Frank Gallant and meritorious George George W Henry highest assignable brevet highest brevet rank infantry James John July 93 june 30 June 93 law sec line of duty lineal In permanent lineal list lt capt M. A. 1 july Mass meritorious services Navy-yard Number on lineal Ohio Passed Assistant Pennsylvania permanent establishment R. R. stn rank beyond lineal sea service services in action stats Thomas Virginia volunteers William H
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Page 289 - Howard, and the officers and soldiers of [the Army of the Potomac], for the skill and heroic valor which, at Gettysburg, repulsed, defeated, and drove back, broken and dispirited, beyond the Rappahannock, the veteran army of the rebellion.
Page 256 - OFFICER IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. With the rank of Colonel, under act of March S, 187S.
Page 335 - October 11, 1863, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Bristow Station, Va.; colonel, May 12, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Spottsylvania, Va. ; brigadier-general, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under Gen. RE Lee...
Page 143 - That no officer on the retired list of the Navy shall be employed on active duty except in time of war: And provided. That those officers on the retired list, and those hereafter retired, who were, or who may be, retired after forty years' service, or on attaining the...
Page 4 - ... have served in the Volunteer Army, either as an enlisted man or officer, his service as a private and noncommissioned officer shall be given, and in addition thereto the record...
Page 144 - ... for three years within three months from the date of his discharge, shall receive an Increase...
Page 143 - NOTE.— From and after July 1, 1870, the spirit ration is totally abolished, and in lieu thereof the Navy ration, under the appropriation of provisions for the Navy, is 80 cents per day.
Page 349 - Apr 1891 for gal in action against hostile Sioux Indians on the north bank of the White River near the mouth of Little Grass Creek S Dak 1 Jan 1891 in heading the advance across the White River partly frozen in a spirited movement to the effective assistance of troop К 6 cav while serv as 1 It 6 cav.
Page 295 - for faithful and meritorious services" ; brigadier general of United States volunteers April 9, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services during the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under General RE Lee...
Page 339 - Faithful and meritorious services connected with the mustering out and disbanding of the volunteer armies of the United States.