Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Newport, R. I.” in entry potter-robert-b of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
... 1864-65, and was shot through the body at Petersburg (April 2, 1865), but recovered.
He was promoted major-general of volunteers in 1865, and was mustered out of the service in 1866.
He died in Newport, R. I. , Feb. 19, 1887.
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