Infantry, Mar. 3, 1855; accepted, Mar. 23, 1855.
Captain, May 7, 1861.
On provost duty, Washington, D. C., Oct., 1861, to Feb , 1862.
Colonel, 30th Mass. Infantry, Mar. 1, 1862.
Commanding brigade during the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and in the occupation of New Orleans, La. Military commander of city, May to June, 1862.
Commanding a brigade in an expedition to Vicksburg, Miss., and with batteries of regiment, engaged during the passage of Farragut's fleet at Vicksburg, M Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Apr. 22, 1861.
Mustered out, Aug. 22, 1861.
Colonel, 26th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 28, 1861.
On duty at Ship Island till the operations against New Orleans in Apr., 1862.
Engaged in the attack on Forts St. Philip and Jackson and afterward placed in immediate command of the Forts.
Resigned, July 27, 1862. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865.
Keyes, Erasmus Darwin.
Born at Brimfield, Mass., May 29, 1810.
Cadet, U. S. Military
O. 84, Oct. 14, 1868.
Clarke,
Captain H. C., Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for meritorious services in the Department of the Gulf, and for gallant conduct in the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, on the Mississippi River, and in the attack by the enemy on Battery Harrison, Va., to date from Mar. 13, 1865.
G. O. 148, Oct. 14, 1865.
G. O. 65, June 22, 1867.
— Brevet Major H. C., Captain, Aide-de-Camp, U. S. Volunteers, to be Lieut. Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for meritorious services in the Department of the Gulf, and for gallant conduct in the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, on the Mississippi River, and in the attack by the enemy on Battery Harrison, Va., to date from Mar. 13, 1865.
G. O. 148, Oct. 14, 1865.
G. O. 65, June 22, 1867.
Clarke,
Captain Thomas W., of the 29th Mass. Volunteers, to be Major, U. S. Volunteers, by brevet, for gallant and meritorious services throughout the war, to d