f the department of the South, July, 1862, to Jan. 16, 1865; charged with the organization and recruiting of colored troops, Aug, 1862, to Jan., 1865.
In command of the district of Beaufort, S. C., Feb., 1863, to Jan., 1865. Commissioner of military reservations, etc., Nov., 1863, to Jan., 1865. Brevet Maj. General, U. S. Volunteers, Jan. 12, 1865. Inspector of the settlements and plantations, department of the South, Jan. 16 to May 18, 1865. Superintendent of volunteer recruiting service, Feb. 14 to May 18, 1865. Brevet Major, Lieut. Colonel, Colonel, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Brig. General, U. S. Army, Apr. 9, 1865. Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands for the states of South Carolina and Georgia, May 18, 1865, and of the state of Florida, June 8, 1865, to Jan. 9, 1866.
Mustered out of volunteer service, Jan. 15, 1866.
Major, staff, Quartermaster, July 29, 1866. Lieut. Colonel, staff, Deputy Q. M. General, June 6, 1872.
Colonel, staff,
ry, Feb. 23, 1866; accepted, Apr. 26, 1866. First Lieutenant, July 28, 1866.
Transferred to 2d Infantry, Apr. 17, 1869. Regimental Quartermaster, Jan. 1, 1871, to Aug. 20, 1873.
Captain, June 7, 1879.
Miller, Marcus Peter.
Born in Massachusetts.
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, Sept. 1, 1854, to July 1, 1858. Brevet Second Lieutenant of U. S. Artillery, July 1, 1858. Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Artillery, Sept. 27, 1859. First Lieutenant, May 14, 1861.
Quartermaster, 4th Artillery, Feb. 14 to Apr. 1, 1862.
Adjutant, Apr. 1, 1862, to Mar. 11, 1864. Brevet Captain, July 1, 1862.
Captain, 4th Artillery, May 11, 1864. Brevet Major, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Mar. 31, 1865.
Major, 5th U. S. Artillery, Sept. 14, 1883.
Mills, Charles James.
Born in Massachusetts. Second Lieutenant, 2d Mass. Infantry, Aug. 14, 1862. First Lieutenant, Aug. 17, 1862. First Lieutenant, 56th Mass. Infantry, Aug. 22, 1863.
Captain, July 7, 1864.
Captain and Assistant Adj.
Roanoke Island taken.
Boston Evening Journal, Feb. 11, 1862, p. 2, col. 7, p. 3, col. 6; Feb. 12, p. 2, cols. 1, 6, 7; Feb. 14, p. 2, col. 6, p. 3, cols. 1, 3.
— – – – Various accounts and details; from New York papers, etc. Boston Evening Joural, March 4, 1863, p. 2, col. 1.
— – – – Special cor. Boston Evening Journal, Feb. 17, 1863, p. 4, cols. 3, 4.
— – Feb. 14. Red River; U. S. ram Queen of the West grounded and captured by the rebels.
Boston Evening Journal, Feb. 25, 1863, p. al, Feb. 12, 1863, p. 4, col. 6.
— – – – Special cor. Boston Evening Journal, Feb. 17, 1863, p. 4, cols. 3, 4.
— – Feb. 14.
Captured by the rebels.
Boston Evening Journal, Feb. 25, 1863, p. 2, col. 6; March 6, p. 4, col. 4.
— – – Particul 7.
— – Despatches.
Boston Evening Journal, Feb. 11, 1862, p. 2, col. 7, p. 3, col. 6; Feb. 12, p. 2, cols. 1, 6, 7; Feb. 14, p. 2, col. 6, p. 3, cols. 1, 3.
— Taken Feb. 8, 1862.
Full account, with spec