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of 20, when he enlisted and served in
the Fourth Battalion Rifles, Massa-
chusetts and in the Thirteenth Regi~
ment, Massachusetts Volunteers.
From April, 1861 to April, 1852, he
was with Banks Division, Army of the
Potomac.
In April, 1862, he was appointed an
Acting Masters Mate in the Navy, re-
porting May 2, at the Charlestown
Navy Yard for instruction in Cunnery.
On July 7, he was ordered to the
r. R. Cuyler, on which ship he served
in the East and West Squadron until
he was, for gallant and meritorious
conduct, in capturing and burning, on
the night of May II, 1852, with a boats
crew from the r. R. Cuyler, the rebel
schooner Isabel, under the walls OF
Fort Morgan, bringing off her crew
and papers, promoted to Acting En-
sign by Admiral Farragut.
Next he was appointed to command
the Eugene, afterwards called the
Glasgow engaged in blockading off
Mobile and on dispatch duty.
On January II, 1864, he was pro-
noted to an Acting Master in consid
GRAFTON of gallant and meritorious SER
vice. He was then granted two
months leave, but had been away but
short time when he heard of the
prospect of an attack upon the Mobile
forts. Upon soliciting orders he was
assigned to the Metacomet, July 49,
1864, which vessel, as the consort of
the Hartford, took part in the passage
Of the forts, and capture of the rebel
fleet He received the surrender of the
Selma in person.
On October %, 1864, he was assign
ed to the Hartford, flagship of Admiral
Farragut When that vessel return
ed North, he was placed in command
of the U. S. S. Rodolph, with which
command he co-operated with the
forces under General Granger during
the winter of "a and IS, in operations
against Mobile from Pascagoula, rem
dering important service in this con-
nection in Mississippi sound and Pas
cagoula river. In the advance upon
the defences of Mobile in the spring
of IS, his vessel the Rodolph, was
sunk by a torpedo in Blakely river
On April %, '65, he was promoted to
an Acting Volunteer Lieutenant, and
upon the surrender of the rebel fleet
under Commodore Farrand, in the
Tombigbee river, May 10, IS, he was
selected to command, successfully two
of the surrendered vessels, the Black
Diamond and the Morgan. In June,
'65, appointed to command the Elk, and
month after to command the Stock
dale. While on this detail he was
busily engaged in protecting the people
along the shore of Mississippi sound
and cultivating friendly relations with
the people lately in rebellion.
From this time until March II, 1868,
he was on various details and on that
date was commissioned a Lieutenant
in the Regular Navy. While a Lieute-
nant Commander on the Ossipee, pro-
ceeding Norh from the Mexican coast,
the vessel encountered a hurricane
which left the sea in a troubled state,
and in the morning whilst making sail,
man fell overheard from the main
topsail yard, the halyards carrying
away while hosting topsails. Captain
Dyer was standing on the poop deck
taking an observation, and immedi-
ately turning a bowline in the end
of boat fall, jumped into the sea and
saved the man from sharks and drown
ing. For this he was officially COM
mended in a special dispatch from the
Secretary of the Navy as we'll as by
Commodore w. r. Taylor, Commander
in Chief, and received a medal from
the Massachusetts Humane Society.
His duties have been many since
that time, most of it being spent as
an Inspector of Lighthouses.