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., 1st Dragoons, July 1, 1851.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Reading, Cal., 1853, — Ft. Jones, Cal.,

(Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, Feb. 21, 1853)

1853, — Las Lunas, N. M., 1853‑56, — Scouting, 1856, against Apache

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

Indians, being engaged in a Skirmish near the Almagre Mountains, N. M., Apr., 1856, — Las Lunas, N. M., 1856, — Scouting, 1856‑57, — Gila Expedition, 1857, being engaged against Apache Indians in a Combat on the Gila River, N. M., June 27, 1857, — Ft. Buchanan, N. M., 1857‑58, — and Scouting, 1858, being engaged in a Skirmish west of the Huachagua Mountains, N. M., Mar. 11, 1858; on Recruiting service, 1858‑60; as Member of Board for the trial of small arms, 1860; and on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1860, — Ft. Buchanan, N. M., 1860, — and Ft. Breckinridge, N. M., 1860‑61.

Captain, 1st Dragoons, Apr. 20, 1861: 1st Cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑62, in Operations in New Mexico, May, 1861, to Jan., 1862, being engaged in the Defense of Ft. Craig.

Died, Jan. 16, 1862, at Ft. Craig, N. M.: Aged 35.