FERRY, Orris Sanford

Affiliation:  Union

Born: August 15 1823, Bethel CT

Died: November 21 1875, Norwalk CT

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, judge, state attorney, politician, US congressman

War Service: July 1861 Col. of 5th Connecticut, Shenandoah Valley campaign, March 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Peninsula campaign, commanded in South Carolina, commanded 3rd Divn/X Corps in the Army of the James at Bermuda Hundred, Petersburg

Post War: US senator