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 Infantry, July 1, 1851.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1851‑52; on frontier duty

(Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, May 1, 1852)

at Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1852, — Ft. McIntosh, Tex., 1852‑53, — Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1853‑54, — Las Moras Creek, Tex., 1854, — Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1854‑55, — Ft. McKavett, Tex., 1855‑56, — and Scouting, 1856; on Recruiting service, 1856‑59; and on frontier duty, at Ft. Lancaster, Tex.,

(First Lieut., 1st Infantry, Feb. 11, 1856)

1859‑61, being captured Apr. 25, 1861, by Texas Insurgents, at Matagorda Bay.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861, as a paroled Prisoner of War, in garrison at Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., May 31 to June 24, 1861.

Died June 24, 1861, at Ft. Hamilton, N. Y.: Aged 32.