. Ufficiali dell'esercito e della marina (volontari) che hanno servito nella guerra civile. H prima della pausa di giorno. Il generale F. P. Blair, in un rapporto speciale a GeneralJohn A. Rawlins, capo del personale generale delle sovvenzioni, dice: Il generale Kirby ha avuto l'incarico dell'avanzamento che attraversa il fiume Tennessee in barche di pontoni e catturato i picchetti di theenemys, il successo dei quali ha contribuito somuch ai risultati grandi e decisivi della corazzata che seguì. Questo è stato approvato e trasmesso al Segretario di guerra dal generale U. S. Grant. Fu impegnato nella battaglia di Mission Ridge, No-vember 25, 1863; rilievo di Knoxville, novembre

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. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . h before day-break. General F. P. Blair, in a special report to GeneralJohn A. Rawlins, chief of General Grants staff, says: General Kirby had charge of the advance that crossedthe Tennessee River in pontoon-boats and captured theenemys pickets, the success of which contributed somuch to the grand and decisive results of the battleswhich followed. This was approved and forwarded tothe Secretary of War by General U. S. Grant. He was engaged in the battle of Mission Ridge, No-vember 25, 1863; relief of Knoxville, November 28-December iS; battles of Resaca and around Dallas, Georgia, May 25-28, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, June27. Lie was mustered out with regiment July 7, 1814;commissioned colonel and aide-de-camp 011 the stall otGovernor W. P. Hall, of Missouri, and colonel Fifth Iment St. Louis City Guard, October 1, 1864; lieutenant-colonel Twenty-seventh Missouri Volunteer Infantry, October 6, 1864, and at once detailed as chief picket-officer of the Seventeenth Army Corps, on the staff of. Major-General F. P. Blair, commanding. He was on themarch to the sea, November 16-December I 3, and wasslightly wounded at Ogeechee River; at the sieg 0!Savannah, Georgia, he had his horse killed under him :engaged at Pocotaligo and Combahee River, South ( arolina, January 14-16-25, 1865. While leading a cavalrycharge near Rivers Bridge. South Carolina, he receivedtwo severe wounds and had his horse killed under him.He was brevetted colonel and brigadier-general for gal-lant and meritorious services during the war, to date fromNovember 13, 1865. Was present at the surrendei olGeneral Joseph Johnston, and in grand review at Wash-ington, May 241 mustered out June I 5, 1865. In a special letter to the Secretary of War, Major-General O.O.Howard says: When I took commandof the Army of the Tennessee General Kirby was chiefpicket-officer Seventeenth Army Corps, a position requir-ing more than ordinary sagacity, intelli

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