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UNION BRIG. GENERAL ORRIS S. FERRY
CS- With Rank 4" X 1 3/4" $35.00
Ferry, Orris S., brigadier-general, was born in Bethel, Fairfield
county, Conn., Aug. 15, 1823. He was graduated at Yale in 1844,
studied law, was admitted to the bar and began the practice of
his profession in Norwalk. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel
of the 1st division of Connecticut militia in 1847, was judge of
probate for the district of Norwalk from 1849 to 1856, and was
elected to the state senate in 1855 and 1856. He was an
unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 1856, was elected two
years later, and was again defeated in 1860. He zealously
supported the national government when the Civil war broke
out, became colonel of the 5th Conn. regiment in July, 1861,
joined Gen. Banks' corps in Maryland, and on March 17, 1862,
was promoted brigadier-general and assigned a brigade in
Shields' division. He was subsequently transferred to Peck's
division of the 4th army corps under Gen. Keyes. He served until
the close of the war, being brevetted major- general of
volunteers, May 23, 1865, for gallant and distinguished service
in the battles of the Peninsula and the campaigns of the Army of
the Potomac, and resigned June 15, 1865. After the war, in 1866,
he was elected United States senator from Connecticut, and in
1872 he was re-elected. He died in Norwalk, Conn., Nov. 21,
1875.
CS- With Rank 4" X 1 3/4" $35.00
Ferry, Orris S., brigadier-general, was born in Bethel, Fairfield
county, Conn., Aug. 15, 1823. He was graduated at Yale in 1844,
studied law, was admitted to the bar and began the practice of
his profession in Norwalk. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel
of the 1st division of Connecticut militia in 1847, was judge of
probate for the district of Norwalk from 1849 to 1856, and was
elected to the state senate in 1855 and 1856. He was an
unsuccessful candidate for Congress in 1856, was elected two
years later, and was again defeated in 1860. He zealously
supported the national government when the Civil war broke
out, became colonel of the 5th Conn. regiment in July, 1861,
joined Gen. Banks' corps in Maryland, and on March 17, 1862,
was promoted brigadier-general and assigned a brigade in
Shields' division. He was subsequently transferred to Peck's
division of the 4th army corps under Gen. Keyes. He served until
the close of the war, being brevetted major- general of
volunteers, May 23, 1865, for gallant and distinguished service
in the battles of the Peninsula and the campaigns of the Army of
the Potomac, and resigned June 15, 1865. After the war, in 1866,
he was elected United States senator from Connecticut, and in
1872 he was re-elected. He died in Norwalk, Conn., Nov. 21,
1875.