Class of 1848

Nathan George Evans: Born Feb. 3, 1824, Marion Co., SC.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1844, to July 1, 1848, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, July 1, 1848.

Served: in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1848; on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1849, — Expedition to the Rocky Mountains,

(Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, Sep. 30, 1849)

1849, — Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1849‑50, — March to the Crossing of the Arkansas, 1850, — Socorro, N. M., 1850‑51, — Ft. Conrad, N. M., 1851‑52, — Scouting against Apache Indians, 1852, being engaged in a Skirmish near the Laguna, on the Jornada del Muerto, N. M., Jan. 24, 1852, — Ft. Webster, N. M., 1852‑53, — and Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.,

(First Lieut., 2d Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1855)

1853, 1854‑55; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1855; on Recruiting service, 1855; and on frontier duty at Camp Cooper, Tex., 1856‑57,

(Captain, 2d Cavalry, May 1, 1856)

Scouting against Comanche Indians, 1857, being engaged in a Skirmish near the Source of the Brazos, Sep. 24, 1857, — Camp Cooper, Tex., p3661857‑58, — Ft. Belknap, Tex., 1858, — Ft. Washita, I. T., 1858, — Scouting against Comanche Indians, 1858, being engaged in a hand-to‑hand fight near Washita Village, I. T., Oct. 1, 1858, in which he killed two Indians in personal combat, — Camp Radziminski, Tex., 1858‑59, — Ringgold Barracks, Tex., 1860, — and Camp Cooper, 1860‑61.

Resigned, Feb. 27, 1861.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States.a

Civil History. — Teacher, Midway, Bullock Co., Ala., 1866‑68.

Died, Nov. 30, 1868, at Midway, Ala.: Aged 45.

Buried, Tabernacle Cemetery, Cokesbury, SC.