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Present at battle of Chancellorsville, Va. Discharged for disability on account of wounds, June 2, 1863. Lieut. Colonel, 1st Corps d'afrique, afterward 73d U. S. Colored Infantry, Nov. 29, 1863.
Stationed at Port Hudson, La. Colonel, May 29, 1864.
Transferred to 96th U. S. Colored Infantry, Sept. 27, 1865.
Discharged, Jan. 21, 1866.
Colonel, 81st U. S. Colored Infantry, Jan. 25, 1866.
On detached duty as President of Examining Board, Insp. General of Colored Troops, President of U. S. Claim Commission, and finally as Acting Mayor of New Orleans, La., May 4 to June 8, 1865.
Commanded 81st U. S. Colored Troops in riots of July, 1866. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Mustered out, Nov. 30, 1866.
Died at Keene, N. H., Mar. 24, 1887.
Read, Samuel Tyler.
Born in Massachusetts.
Captain, 3d Mass. Cavalry, Feb. 20, 1862.
On service in the department of the Gulf.
Major, Aug. 13, 1863. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers,