Feb. 23-William H. Faxon, and ordered to the North Carolina. Feb. 27.-Nelson Ingraham, and ordered to the North Carolina; Henry C. Merodith, and ordered to the Princeton. Feb. 4.-Acting Assistant Surgeon George C. Reynolds, ordered to the Chenango. Feb. 8.-Acting Assistant Surgeon Israel Bushong, detached from the South Atlantic Squadron, on the reporting of his relief, and ordered North Acting Assistant Surgeon A. H. Abernethy, orders to the Dai Ching revoked, and he is ordered to the North Carolina. Feb. 9.-Acting Assistant Surgeon W. L. Campbell, detached from the Wabash, and waiting orders. Acting Assistant Surgeon J. W. Wilson, detached from the North Carolina, and ordered to the Preston. Feb. 11.-Acting Assistant Surgeon A. H. Abernethy, ordered to the Donegal. Feb. 13.-Acting Assistant Surgeon Edgar S. Smith, detached from the Potomac, and ordered to the Florida. Feb. 16.-Acting Assistant Surgeon John E. Cobb, detached from the Newbern, and ordered to the Florida. Acting Assistant Surgeon Edgar S. Smith, detached from the Florida, and waiting orders. Feb. 17.-Acting Assistant Surgeon George Doig, detached from the Emma, and ordered to the South Atlantic Squadron. Acting Assistant Surgeon M. C. Drennan, ordered to the Emma. Feb. 22.-Acting Assistant Surgeon Henry Shaw, detached from the Ohio, and ordered to the Maratanza. Acting Assistant Surgeon John W. Hamilton, detached from the Maratanza, and granted sick leave. Feb. 28.-Acting Assistant Surgeon James D. Noble, detached from the Princeton, and ordered to the Mississippi Squadron. Acting Assistant Surgeon Benjamin A. Sawyer, detached from the Ohio, and ordered to the Mississippi Squadron. Acting Assistant Surgeon P. H. Johnson, detached from the North Carolina, and ordered to the Hunchback. Appointed Acting Assistant Paymasters. Feb. 1.-G. H. Thompson, and waiting orders. Feb. 7.-George E. Martin and J. C. Stoever, and waiting orders. Feb. 8.-Seth E. Hartwell, and waiting orders. Feb. 10.-George W. White, H. A. Thompson, and Myron M. Hovey, and waiting orders. Feb. 1.-Acting Assistant Paymaster Henry S. Machette, ordered to the Donegal. Feb. 3.-Acting Assistant Paymaster J. G. Orme, detached from the Whitehead, on the reporting of his relief, and ordered North to settle his accounts. Acting Assistant Paymaster George R. Watkins, ordered to the Whitehead. Acting Assistant Paymaster James W. Hanson, ordered to instruction at New York. Feb. 4.-Acting Assistant Paymaster R. S. McConnell, ordered to the Nipsic. Acting Assistant Paymaster E. P. Sheldon, ordered to instruction at New York. Feb. 6.-Acting Assistant Paymaster J. Bayard Redfield, orders to the Kenwood revoked, and he is ordered to duty as Purchasing Paymaster at Mound City, Illinois. Feb. 7.-Acting Assistant Paymaster H. D. Kimberly, detached from the Konsington, and waiting orders. Acting Assistant Paymaster J. F. Wood, ordered to the Kensington. Feb. 8.-Acting Assistant Paymaster E. T. Barker, ordered to the Mercedita. Acting Assistant Paymaster, John Macmahon, ordered to the Sagamore. Acting Assistant Paymaster Henry T. Stancliff, ordered to instruction at New York. Acting Assistant Paymaster James W. Hanson, ordered to the Trefoil. Acting Assistant Paymaster E. P Sheldon, ordered to the Tahoma. Feb. 13.-Acting Assistant Paymaster O. F. Browning, ordered to the Ethan Allen. Acting Assistant Paymaster William R. Woodward, detached from the Ethan Allen, on the reporting of his relief, and ordered North. Acting Assistant Paymaster Lewis F. Whitin, ordered to the Tristam Shandy. Acting Assistant Paymaster H. T. Stancliff, ordered to the Agawam. Feb. 15.-Acting Assistant Paymaster John Read, ordered to settle his accounts. Feb. 16.-Acting Assistant Paymaster D. A. Smith, Jr., ordered to the Wyoming. Feb. 17.-Acting Assistant Paymaster G. N. Simpson, ordered to the Sebago. at New York. Acting Assistant Paymaster George E. Martin, ordered to instruction at New York. Feb. 20.-Acting Assistant Paymaster H. B. Wetherill, detached from the Ken. wood, on the reporting of his relief, and ordered to settle his accounts. Acting Assistant Paymaster L. G. Morrow, ordered to the Kenwood. Acting Assistant Paymaster H. K. Opp, ordered to special duty at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Acting Assistant Paymaster William A. Carpenter, ordered to instruction at New York. Feb. 21.-Acting Assistant Paymaster James F. Hamilton, detached from the Naval Station at Mound City, Illinois, and waiting orders. Acting Assistant Paymasters H. A. Thompson, Jr., G. W. White, and Theophilus Fravel, ordered to instruction at New York. Feb. 24.-Acting Assistant Paymasters H. A. Thompson, Jr., George W. White, Theophilus Fravel, William Carpenter, and S. E. Hartwell, ordered to the Mississippi Squadron. Feb. 28.-Acting Assistant Paymaster George E. Martin, ordered to the Adela Feb. 14.-Acting Chief Engineer A. K. Eddews, detached from the Minnesota, and ordered to the Tonawanda. Promoted for Good Conduct, &c. Feb. 7.-Acting Volunteer Lieutenants J. W. Smith, Edward Hooker, and E. F. Devins, to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant-Commanders. Acting Master James R. Wheeler, to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant. Feb. 17.-Acting Ensign J. H. Cousens, to Acting Master. Feb. 22.-Acting Ensign Edward A. Small, to Acting Master. Feb. 25.-Acting Master's Mate Thomas S. Gay, to Acting Ensign, for gallant conduct in assisting to destroy the rebel ram Albemarle. Acting Ensign William L. Howarth, to Acting Master, for the same service as Mr. Gay. Feb. 28.-Acting First Assistant Engineers J. W. Nystrom and George B. Whiting, to Acting Chief Engineers. Resigned. Feb. 1.-Acting Master C. B. Dahlgren. Feb. 2.-Acting Ensign Thomas H. Marks. Feb. 3.-Acting Master Norman Penfield; Acting Ensign William H. McLean. Feb. 7.-Acting Master Charles H. Hamilton. Feb. 9.-Acting Ensign Charles H. Pierce; Acting Assistant Surgeon Alfred E. Emery. Feb. 10.-Acting Assistant Surgeon James R. Dran; Acting Master J. M. Smalley Feb. 13.-Acting Ensign F. Hopkins. Feb. 15.-Acting Assistant Surgeon L. Michel; Acting Master Allen Hoxie. Feb. 16.-Acting Ensign E. C. Bowers, Jr. Feb. 18.-Acting Volunteer Lieutenant George Taylor; Acting Ensign Whitman Chase. Feb. 20.-Acting Assistant Paymasters O. F. Browning and John R. Bowler. Feb. 21.-Acting Masters Thomas Symmes and J. W. Stapleford. Feb. 22.-Acting Assistant Surgeon Samuel H. Weil. Feb. 24.-Acting Ensign Edward Ryan. Feb. 25.-Acting Masters L. W. Hill and John J. Rogers; Acting Assistant Paymaster William E. Foster. Feb. 28.-Acting Master George Ferris. Revoked. Feb. 9.-Acting Master and Pilot Charles M. Lane. Feb. 14.-Acting Ensign Charles A. Stewart. Dismissed. Feb. 13.-Acting Ensign W. G. Jones. Feb. 18.-Acting Assistant Surgeon Joseph Welsh. Feb. 24.-Acting Master George W. Frost. THE UNITED STATES SERVICE MAGAZINE. VOL. III.-MAY, 1865.-NO. V. GRANT. BY THE EDITOR. UNDUE and premature praise of newly-appointed and untried generals was one of the principal faults of loyal men in the early days of the war. It was unjust to those bepraised, injurious to the cause, and, at last, very humiliating to the praisers. But we have learned a lesson. We are an educated people, on that point, at least. We no longer measure men by what they are "going to do," or for what we hope and wish they will do; but for what they have done and are doing. Sherman Poliorcetes is an historic character; we have the list of his cities captured; we have traced the route of his magnificent marches, and the fields on which his enemies have been beaten. Sheridan, the famous rider, is beloved of his countrymen because of his victory at Winchester; his famous riposte at Cedar Creek; his happy faculty of "settling new cavalry generals," and sending his enemies "whirling up the valley;" his terrible raid north of Richmond and Lynchburg, and his impetuous advance at the Five Forks and Burkesville. Thomas is the Rock of Chickamauga and the hero of Nashville. Meade has his enduring arc de triomphe at Gettysburg. And so it is with hundreds whom we cannot now mention, but whose worthy deeds are already recorded by History. But all will agree that there is no one among our great captains whose fame Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by C. B. RICHARDSON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. VOL. III.-26 |