Class of 1851

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1847, to July 1, 1851, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., Ordnance, July 1, 1851.

Served: as Assistant at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 1851; at the Military Academy as Asst. Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology, Sep. 13, 1852, to Jan. 19, 1853; in command of Mount Vernon

(Second Lieut., Ordnance, Feb. 26, 1853)

Arsenal, Ala., 1853; as Asst. at Frankford Arsenal, Pa., 1853‑54, — and at Ordnance Depot, Governor's Island, N. Y., 1854‑55; as Chief of Ordnance

(First Lieut., Ordnance, July 1, 1854)

on Sioux Expedition, Apr. 16, 1855, to June 30, 1856; as Assistant at St. Louis Arsenal, Mo., 1856; on Inspection of the Armament of Fortifications of Pensacola Harbor, Fla., 1856‑57; on leave of absence, 1857; as Assistant at Ordnance Depot, Governor's Island, N. Y., 1857‑58, — to the Inspector of Arsenals, 1858, — at Ordnance Depot, Governor's Island, N. Y., 1858‑59, — and at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 1859‑61; and as Member of Several Boards for testing Breech-loading and Rifled Ordnance, 1860‑61.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑65: as Chief of Ordnance, Department of Florida, Apr. 16 to July 18, 1861; on Special duty in procuring supplies, at Springfield, Mas., Aug. 2, 1861, to

(Captain, Ordnance, Nov. 1, 1861)

Feb., 1862, — and in Ordnance Bureau at Washington, D. C., Feb., 1862, to Sep. 16, 1863; as Principal Assistant to the Chief of Ordnance, Sep. 16, 1863, to Sep. 14, 1864; at the Military Academy, as Instructor of Ordnance and Gunnery, Sep. 22, 1864, to July 12, 1865; in command of

(Bvt. Major, and Bvt. Lieut.‑Col., Mar. 13, 1865, for Faithful and Meritorious Services in the Ordnance Department during the Rebellion)

Charleston Arsenal, S. C., Aug. 21 to Oct. 7, 1865; on leave of absence, Oct. 7 to Dec. 1, 1865.

Resigned, Dec. 1, 1865.

Civil History. — General Manager and Treasurer of Remington Agricultural Works, at Ilion, N. J., 1866‑67. Paper Boat Builder, Troy, N. Y., 1868‑72. Employed by Erie Railroad Company in various capacities, 1872‑78. Author of a "General Classification of Railway Realties, Rights, and Plant," 1875; and of "Railway Rights, Realties,  p439 and Personalties," 1877. Unknown since 1878, nothing authentic having been received.

Buried, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA.