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Class of 1854
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Vol. II |
(Born Ala.) |
James Deshler |
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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 p580Blue 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. |
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a As with other Confederate officers, Cullum's Register omits his war record: a serviceable summary of it can be found at Texans in the Civil War.
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