Class of 1849

James McQueen McIntosh

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1845, to July 1, 1849, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, July 1, 1849.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1849‑50, — Scouting, 1850, — Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1850, — Scouting, 1850, — Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1850‑51, — Ft. Martin Scott, Tex., 1851, — Escorting Colonel Johnston's

(Second Lieut., 8th Infantry, May 15, 1851)

Topographical party, 1851, — Ft. Martin Scott, Tex., 1851‑52, — Ft. Chadbourne, Tex., 1852‑53, — Ft. Clark, Tex., 1853, — Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1854‑55, — Escorting Commanding General of the Department of Texas, 1855, —

(First Lieut., 1st Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1855)

Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1855, — Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1855, — Sioux Expedition, 1855, — and quelling Kansas Disturbances, 1856; on Recruiting service, 1856‑57; on frontier duty, on Cheyenne Expedition, 1857, being

(Captain, 1st Cavalry, Jan. 16, 1857)

engaged in the Combat of Solomon's Fork, July 29, 1857, — Ft. Riley, Kan., 1858, — March to Ft. Arbuckle, I. T., via Ft. Kearny, Neb., 1858, — Ft. Arbuckle, I. T., 1858‑59, — Ft. Cobb, I. T., 1859‑60, — and Kiowa and Comanche Expedition, 1860, being engaged in several Skirmishes; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1860; on frontier duty at Ft. Smith, Ark., 1860‑61; and on leave of absence, 1861.

Resigned, May 7, 1861.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States,​a and was

Killed, Mar. 7, 1862, at the Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark.: Aged 34.

Buried, Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, AR.