. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . - of the Southwest, and was en-gaged in General Curtiss movement from Batesville toHelena, Arkansas, together with the action of RoundHill, July 7, 1862 ; was in command of the Eastern Dis-trict of Arkansas in November and December, 1862. General Steele was commissioned major-general ofvolunteers November 29, 1862, and was in command oia division of the Thirteenth Army Corps in the expedi-tion to the Yazoo, being engaged in the assault of Chicka-saw Bluffs and the capture of Arkansas Post, January 11, 186: He commanded a
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. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . - of the Southwest, and was en-gaged in General Curtiss movement from Batesville toHelena, Arkansas, together with the action of RoundHill, July 7, 1862 ; was in command of the Eastern Dis-trict of Arkansas in November and December, 1862. General Steele was commissioned major-general ofvolunteers November 29, 1862, and was in command oia division of the Thirteenth Army Corps in the expedi-tion to the Yazoo, being engaged in the assault of Chicka-saw Bluffs and the capture of Arkansas Post, January 11, 186: He commanded a division of the Fifteenth Army Corps in the Vicksburg campaign, being engagedin the operations at Youngs Point and the advance toGrand Gulf; attack on Jackson, Mississippi, May 14, 1863 ; siege of Vicksburg, and reoccupation of Jackson.General Steele was placed in command of the Army ofArkansas, July, 1863, and was engaged in the capture ofLittle Rock; then in command of the Department of. Arkansas, and engaged in the expedition to Camden, participating in several actions and the battle of JenkinssFerry, April 30, 1864. Upon the organization of theMobile expedition, General Steele was in command of acolumn, being engaged in organizing his forces at Ken-nerville, Louisiana ; in the movement to Pensacola, marchto Mobile Bay, siege of Blakely and capture of that placeby storm, and in the movement to Montgomery, Ala-bama, in April 1865. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel of the ThirdUnited States Infantry August 26, 1863; brevetted colo-nel, July 4, 1863, for gallant and meritorious services inthe campaign resulting in the capture of Vicksburg, Mis-sissippi ; brigadier-general, United States Army, March13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in thecapture of Little Rock, .Arkansas; and major-general, United States Army, March 13, 1865, for gallant andmeritorious services during the Rebellion. General Steele was in command of the forces on theeast side of Mobile Bay unt