Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Employed as an agent of the Boston and Maine Railroad when the Civil War started, he enlisted in the Union Army in October 1861, and was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant of Company D, 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. On July 21, 1862 he was discharged from the 5th New Hampshire, and commissioned as a Captain in the Commissary of Subsistence Department, US Volunteers. Rising to Lieutenant Colonel, he would first serve as Chief Commissary of Subsistence on the staff of Major General Oliver O. Howard, then as Chief Commissary of Subsistence for the Union Army of the Cumberland's XX Corps. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". He wasnt mustered out of the Volunteer force until September 1, 1868. After the war he served in Civil Service positions in Washington, DC, and as a director of the 2nd National Bank.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Employed as an agent of the Boston and Maine Railroad when the Civil War started, he enlisted in the Union Army in October 1861, and was commissioned as 1st Lieutenant of Company D, 5th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. On July 21, 1862 he was discharged from the 5th New Hampshire, and commissioned as a Captain in the Commissary of Subsistence Department, US Volunteers. Rising to Lieutenant Colonel, he would first serve as Chief Commissary of Subsistence on the staff of Major General Oliver O. Howard, then as Chief Commissary of Subsistence for the Union Army of the Cumberland's XX Corps. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". He wasnt mustered out of the Volunteer force until September 1, 1868. After the war he served in Civil Service positions in Washington, DC, and as a director of the 2nd National Bank.
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