siege of Port Hudson, May 27 to July 8, 1863, and was one of the commissioners for receiving its surrender.
Chief of staff of Maj. General Banks, July 25, 1863, to Apr. 16, 1864; in skirmishes on Bayou Teche, Oct., 1863; battle of Sabine Cross Roads, Apr. 8, 1864, and battle of Pleasant Hill, Apr. 9, 1864.
Mustered out of volunteer service, Apr. 4, 1864.
Awaiting orders at Cairo, Ill., Apr. 18 to Aug. 13, 1864.
In command of brigade of 5th Corps, Army of the Potomac, before Petersburg, Aug. 21 to Sept. 13, 1864.
Resigned, Sept. 13, 1864.
Died at New York City, Jan. 24, 1887.
Stratton, Franklin Asa.
Born in Massachusetts.
Captain, 11th Penn. Cavalry, Oct. 29, 1861.
Major, Sept. 1, 1862. Lieut. Colonel, Oct. 1, 1864.
Colonel, May 25, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Mustered out, Aug. 13, 1865.
Died, July 17, 1879.
Strong, George Crockett.
Born at Stockbridge, Vt., Oct. 16, 1832.
Appointed from Massachusetts.
Cadet, U. S. Military Ac
sability), Aug. 25, 1864. Brevet Captain, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Volunteer Aide-de-Camp, Artillery Brigade, 5th Army Corps, Apr. 1, 1865, to Jan. 5, 1866.
Appleton, Samuel.
Second Lieutenant, 12th Mass. Infantry, June 26, 1861. First Lieutenant, Dec. 19, 1861.
Resigned, Oct. 10, 1863.
Appleton, Thomas Larkin.
Private, 13th Mass. Infantry, July 16, 1861. Second Lieutenant, 54th Mass. Infantry, Feb. 19, 1863; mustered, Feb. 27. First Lieutenant, May 24, 1863; mustered, Aug. 21.
Captain, Jan. 26, 1864; mustered, Mar. 30.
Mustered out, Aug. 20, 1865.
Appleton, Zeno A.
Private, 47th Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 22, 1862. Second Lieutenant, 3d Mass. Heavy Artillery, Dec. 31, 1862; mustered, Jan. 12, 1863.
Commissioned First Lieutenant, Jan. 7, 1864; not mustered.
Discharged (disability), Jan. 15, 1865, as Second Lieutenant.
Apthorp, John W.
Second Lieutenant, 5th Mass. Cavalry, July 25, 1865.
Mustered out, Oct. 31, 1865.
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5, 1862.
Scraps of news and comment.
Boston Evening Journal, Aug. 20, 1862, p. 4, cols. 1, 2; Aug. 21, p. 4, col. 1.
— – Various reports; also of the Essex and Arkansas naval engagement.
Bostonl; money is offered as a regimental fund.
Boston Evening Journal, Aug. 19, 1862, p. 4, col. 4; Aug. 21, p. 2, col. 3, p. 4, col. 4; Aug. 22, p. 4, col. 7; Aug. 23, p. 4, cols. 1, 4.
— – – Urged tp. 2, col.
—5, p. 4, col. 4; Aug. 19, p. 2, col. 5; Aug. 20, p. 2, cols. 3, 4, p. 4, col. 5; Aug. 21, p. 2, cols. 3, 4; Aug. 22, p. 2, col. 3; Aug. 25, p. 2, cols. 6, 7, p. 4, col. 3; Aug. 26, p. Bottom Run, with charge of 24th Regt. M. V. I. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 1.
— – Aug. 17-21. Weldon R. R.
expedition. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, pp. 1, 17, 36.
— – Aug. 25. Reams' St vol. 2, pp. 34, 49.
— – Aug. 14-16.
Skirmishing. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 9.
— Aug. 21. Summit Point. Army and Navy Journal, vol. 2, p. 9.
— – Aug. 26.
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