Class of May 6, 1861

John Whitney Barlow: Born June 26, 1838, Perry, NY.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1856, to May 6, 1861, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, May 6, 1861.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: in drilling Volunteers at Washington, D. C., May to July, 1861; in the Manassas

(First Lieut., 2d Artillery, May 15, 1861)

Campaign of July, 1861, being engaged in the Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861; in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., July, 1861, to Mar., 1862; in the Virginia Peninsular Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Apr. to Aug., 1862, being engaged in the Siege of Yorktown (on Engineer duty), Apr. 5 to May 4, 1862, — Battle of Williamsburg, May 4‑5, 1862, — Action of Hanover C. H., May 8, 1862, — Operations before

(Bvt. Captain, May 27, 1862,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Hanover C. H., Va.)

Richmond, June 25 to July 1, 1862, — and Battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; at the Military Academy, 1862‑63, as Asst. Professor of Mathematics,

(Transferred to Top. Engineers, July 24, 1862: Corps of Engineers, Mar. 3, 1863)

Sep. 1, 1862, to Mar. 20, 1863, — and as Asst. Professor of Geography, History, and Ethics, Mar. 20 to June 18, 1863; with Engineer Battalion (Army of the Potomac), June 28, 1863, to Feb. 17, 1864, being

(Captain, Corps of Engineers, July 3, 1863)

engaged in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1‑3, 1863, — in constructing bridge over the Potomac, at Berlin, Md., July 18, 1863, — in laying, repairing, and guarding bridges over the Rappahannock, Aug. 1‑23, over Bull Run, at Blackburn's Ford, Oct. 17, and across the Rappahannock, at Kelly's Ford, Nov. 7, 1863, — in the Mine Run Operations, Nov. 26 to  p783 Dec. 3, 1863, — and in making roads and reconnoissances, building blockhouses and erecting defensive works; at the Military Academy, as Asst. Professor of Mathematics, Feb. 26 to June 20, 1864; in the Georgia Campaign, July 12 to Aug. 27, 1864 (as Chief Engineer of 17th Army Corps, July 22 to Aug. 27, 1864), being engaged in the Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, — and Siege of Atlanta, July 22 to Aug. 27, 1864, including

(Bvt. Major, July 22, 1864,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services in the Atlanta Campaign)

the Repulse of the Sortie of July 28, 1864; on sick leave of absence, Aug. 27 to Nov. 13, 1864; and in charge of the Defenses of Nashville, Ten., Nov. 13, 1864, to Oct. 1, 1865, being engaged in the Battle of

(Bvt. Lieut.‑Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services in the Battle before Nashville, Ten.)

Nashville, Dec. 15‑16, 1864.

Served: as Superintending Engineer of the construction of Ft. Clinch, Fla., Oct. 20, 1865, to Nov. 19, 1869, — of Ft. Montgomery, N. Y., and

(Major, Corps of Engineers, Apr. 23, 1869)

Harbor Improvements at the Northern end of Lake Champlain, Jan., 1868, to May 30, 1870; as Chief Engineer of the District of the Missouri, June 30, 1870, to July 14, 1874; as Superintending Engineer of Fts. Griswold, Trumbull, and Hale, Ct., July 1, 1874, to May 23, 1883, — of Surveys and Improvements of Rivers and Harbors in Connecticut and on Long Island Sound, July 20, 1874, to May 23, 1883, — and of construction of Defenses of New Bedford Harbor, Mas., and Narragansett Bay, R. I., and River and Harbor Improvements of Connecticut River, Aug. 9 to Nov. 1, 1882; in charge of Harbor Improvements and Water-level Observations on Lake Superior, and improvements of various harbors in Wisconsin and northeastern shore of Lake Michigan, harbors of refuge at entrance to Sturgeon Bay Canal and at Grand Marais, Mich., May 31 to June 22, 1883, and Dec. 12, 1883, to Mar. 10, 1886; on leave of absence, June 23 to Dec. 10, 1883; in charge of improvements of harbors at Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha, Wis., and Waukegan, Ill., and harbor of refuge at Milwaukee Bay, Wis., — of rivers Fox and Wisconsin, and of Water-level Observations on Lake Michigan, Mar. 12 to May 6,

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Mar. 19, 1884)

1884, — of the improvement of the Rivers Duck and Little Tennessee, Mar. 20, 1886, to Aug. 7, 1888, and of the Rivers Tennessee, Cumberland, Hiawassee, Caney Fork, French Broad, Clinch, and South Fork of the Cumberland, since Mar. 20, 1886, — of preliminary examinations and surveys in Tennessee and Mississippi at different times, — and of supervision of construction of bridge across Tennessee River, near Chattanooga, Ten., since July 20, 1888, and at Perryville, Ten., since Aug. 27, 1889; and as Member of various Engineer Boards on Harbor and River Improvements, and Bridge Construction, 1875 and 1884‑88.

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.