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Cullum's Register History of Joseph Campbell

1954

 

(Born Pa.)

Joseph Boyd Campbell

(Ap'd N. H.)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1857, to June 24, 1861, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

BVT. SECOND LIEUT., 4TH ARTILLERY, JUNE 24, 1861.

SECOND LIEUT., 4TH ARTILLERY, JUNE 24, 1861.

FIRST LIEUT., 4TH ARTILLERY, JUNE 24, 1861.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: in drilling Volunteers at Washington, D. C., July‑Aug., 1861; in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., Aug. 10, 1861, to Apr. 4, 1862; in Major-General McDowell's Operations in the Department of the Rappahannock, Apr. 4

(CAPTAIN, STAFF — ADDITIONAL AIDE-DE‑CAMP, MAY 16, 1862)

to Aug. 12, 1862; in the Northern Virginia Campaign, Aug.‑Sep., 1862, being engaged in the Skirmish at Warrenton Sulphur Spring, Aug. 26, 1862, — Combat of Groveton, Aug. 28, 1862, — and Battle of Manassas, Aug. 29‑30, 1862; in the Maryland Campaign (Army of the Potomac),

(BVT. CAPTAIN, AUG. 30, 1862, FOR GALLANT AND MERITORIOUS SERVICES AT THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN, VA.)

Sep., 1862, being engaged in the Battle of South Mountain, Sep. 14, 1862, — and Battle of Antietam, Sep. 17, 1862, where he was wounded; on sick leave of absence, disabled by wound, Sep. 18 to Dec. 22, 1862; as Aide-de‑Camp

(BVT. MAJOR, SEP. 17, 1862, FOR GALLANT AND MERITORIOUS SERVICES AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM, MD.)

to Brig.‑General Barry, and Acting Asst. Inspector of Artillery, Washington, D. C., Dec. 22, 1862, to Feb. 3, 1864; at the Military Academy as Asst. Professor of Mathematics, Feb. 9, 1864, to June 30, 1865.

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