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(Born Ky.) |
John W. Barriger |
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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1852, to July 1, 1856, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, July 1, 1856. Served: in garrison at Newport Barracks, Ky., 1856‑57, — Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1857, — and Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), 1857‑59; and on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1859‑61. Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: in garrison at Washington, D. C., Jan. to May, 1861; in command of Ft. (First Lieut., 2d Artillery, May 2, 1861, to Mar. 30, 1864) Ellsworth, near Alexandria, Va., May to July, 1861; in the Manassas Campaign of July, 1861, being engaged in the Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861; in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., July to Aug., 1861;
(Bvt. Captain, July 21, 1861,
(Captain, Staff — Com. of Subsistence, Aug. 3, 1861) as Chief of Commissariat for the State of Indiana, Aug. 20 to Nov. 30, 1861, — and for Western Virginia at Wheeling, Dec., 1861, to July, 1862; on Inspection of Subsistence Depots in the Middle Department, July to Sep., 1862; in forwarding supplies from Baltimore to Frederick, Md., for the Army of the Potomac, Sep. to Dec., 1862; as Chief of Commissariat of the District of West Virginia, Dec. 12, 1862, to Apr., 1863; as Inspecting Commissary, Department of the Ohio, Apr. to Nov., 1863; as (Lieut.‑Colonel, Staff, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 17, 1863, to Aug. 15, 1865) Chief of Commissariat (Army of the Ohio), Nov. 17, 1863, to Aug. 15, 1865, at Knoxville, E. Ten., Nov., 1863, to Nov., 1864, — Louisville, Ky., Nov., 1864, to Feb., 1865, — Wilmington, N. C., Feb.‑Mar., 1865, — Newberne,
(Bvt. Major and Bvt. Lieut.‑Col., Mar. 13, 1865,
N. C., Mar.‑May, 1865, — and Raleigh, N. C., May to Aug., 1865; and as Chief of Commissariat of Department of North Carolina, Aug. 15 to Dec., 1865. Served: as Purchasing and Depot Commissary at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 25, 1865, to Feb., 1867; as Chief of Commissariat, Department of
(Bvt. Colonel and Bvt. Brig.‑General, Mar. 13, 1865,
the Platte, Feb. 20, 1867, to Nov. 8, 1873; as Assistant to the Commissary General of Subsistence, Washington, D. C., Nov. 12, 1873, to Nov. 20, 1879; as Chief Commissary, Department of the South, and Purchasing (Major, Staff — Commissary of Subsistence, Nov. 21, 1875) and Depot Commissary at Cincinnati, O., Nov. 24, 1879, to Nov. 29, 1880; as Purchasing and Depot Commissary at Chicago, Ill., Nov. 30, 1880, to Nov. 16, 1887; as Chief Commissary, Department of the Platte, and Purchasing and Depot Commissary at Omaha, Neb., Dec. 1, 1887, to p650 Sep. 20, 1889; as Purchasing and Depot Commissary at St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 1, 1889, to –––––. Civil History. — Author of "Legislative History of Subsistence Department of the United States Army, from June 16, 1775, to Aug. 15, 1876." Vol. IV Military History. — Purchasing and Depot Commissary at St. Louis, Mo., to Jan. 23, 1893; also Chief Commissary Department of the Missouri, from May 12, 1890 to July 11, 1891; Chief Commissary Department of the East, at New York City, from Jan. 26, 1893 to May 8, 1896; and settling his accounts to June 1, 1896. (Lieut.‑Colonel, Staff — Asst. Commissary-General, March 12, 1892) (Colonel, Staff — Asst. Commissary-General, Oct. 8, 1894)
Retired from Active Service, at his own request, being over 62 Years of Age,
Vol. V Military History. — Retired officer. — Residence, New York City. Died Dec. 31, 1906, at Asbury Park, N. J.: Aged 74. See Annual Association of Graduates, U. S. M. A., 1907, for an obituary notice, with a portrait. Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA. |
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