Show sketch of general averill bri brigadier adier general william IV V averill Avei ill who gained the recent victory over hudwall Mu dwall jackson near lewisburg Lc va is a native of bath county maine and but thirty one years yeara of age he entered west point in 1850 and graduated on the of june 1854 ile he was first ordered to new mexico where he remained between two and three years was enga engaged od in several severe battle with the Navajo cs in which they were defeated his command capturing 11 froni from them a large 0 amount of property sheep nurses curses c ile he was wounded in in one of these engagements by a rifle ball which entered the left leg fracturing the bone and from which h he has never lully fully recovered for awhile ho be was attached to the staff of the provost marshal of washington and was general porters acting general at bull run where he distinguished himself for coolness and gallantry was made captain in tho the regular army and brevet ted major for his conduct at yorktown and rg while on oil the ho peninsular was promoted on the held field to brig Gen vencial cial and assigned to the command of a division of cavalry in the army of the potomac ile he distinguished himself during tile the seven days fight at malvern hill at fair oat oaks 5 and at fredericksburg ile he now commands a a force under ander gen kelloy iu in western virginia |