The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 51, July 1947 - April, 1948 Page: 354
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Asst. Adjt. Genl., Bvt. Capt. A. Gibbs,5 Mounted Rifles, Aid de
Camp, Bvt. Maj. W. W. Chapman,36 Asst. Quartermaster, Capt. W.
B. Blair,87 commissary of Subsistence (now absent on tour of inspec-
tion of his Department), Surgeon N. S. Jarvis, Medical Director,
Paymaster Henry Hill38 (now absent in New Orleans for funds), and
Bvt. Capt. T. G. Rhett, Mounted Rifles, Acting Asst. Commissary
of Subsistence.
I examined the records of the Asst. Adjutant General's Office, and
found them in good condition. Major Buell is attentive to his duties,
and his books are kept with neatness and system. A like remark is
applicable to the office of the Medical Director.
QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
Bvt. Maj. W. W. Chapman"s is the Assistant Quartermaster of the
station, but when I made my inspection he was at Galveston, to which
place he had been summoned as a witness in a civil suit, his duties
being performed during his absence by Bvt. Capt. T. G. Rhett,
Mounted Riflemen.
For the transaction of its own business and that of the other
branches of the Staff serving at the Corpus Christi Depot, the Quar-
termaster's Department rents a large brick building with the premises
and Churubusco. He became brigadier general of Volunteers on May 17, 1861, and
major general of Volunteers on March 21, 1862. Ibid., 259.
a5Alfred Gibbs graduated from the Military Academy in 1846. He was com-
missioned colonel in the 13o New York Infantry on September 6, 1862, and
brigadier general of Volunteers on October 19g, 1864. He was breveted first lieu-
tenant for gallantry at Cerro Gordo; captain for gallantry at Garita de Belen;
major for gallantry at Trevillan Station; lieutenant colonel for gallantry at Win-
chester; colonel for gallantry at Five Forks; brigadier general March 13, 1865, for
gallant service in the field and major general for gallant and meritorious service
during the war. Ibid., 452.
86William Chapman graduated from the Military Academy in 1831. He became
lieutenant colonel in the 3rd Infantry on February 20o, 1862; was breveted major
on August 20o, 1847, for gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco; lieutenant colonel
on September 8, 1847, for gallantry at Molino Del Rey; colonel on August 3o,
1862, for gallantry at Bull Run. Ibid., 296.
37Captain William B. Blair graduated from the Military Academy in 1838. He
was breveted captain on April 18, 1847, for gallantry at Cerro Gordo. He resigned
from the United States Army on June 14, 1861, and served as major in the
quartermaster department of the Confederate States Army from 1861 to 1865.
Ibid., 222.
aSHenry Hill resigned from the United States Army June 14, 1861. He served
as a major in the Quartermaster Department of the Confederate States Army
from 1861 to 1865. Ibid., 530.
3aWilliam Warren Chapman graduated from the Military Academy in 1837.
He was breveted major at Buenavista on February 23, 1847, and died September
27, 1859. Ibid., 296.
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