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Born Feb. 18, 1833, Tuscumbia, AL. Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1850, to July 1, 1854, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., 3d Artillery, July 1, 1854. Served: on frontier duty at Benicia, Cal., 1854, — and Nome Lakee Reserve, Cal., 1854‑55; in garrison at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., 1855; on (Second Lieut., 10th Infantry, Mar. 3, 1855) frontier duty on Sioux Expedition, 1855, being engaged in the Action of p580 Blue Water, Sep. 3, 1855, — at Ft. Laramie, Dak., 1855‑56, — Platte Bridge, Neb., 1856, — Ft. Snelling, Min., 1856‑57, — Utah Expedition, 1857‑60, — and Ft. Garland, Col., 1860; on detached service, 1860‑61; (First Lieut., 10th Infantry, Sep. 17, 1858) on frontier duty at Ft. Wise, Col., 1861; and on leave of absence, 1861, which having overstayed, he was Dropped, July 15, 1861. Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States,a and was Killed, Sep. 20, 1863, at the Battle of Chickamauga, Ga.: Aged 30. Buried, Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia, AL. |
a As with other Confederate officers, Cullum's Register omits his war record: a serviceable summary of it can be found at Texas State Historical Association.
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