Class of 1854

Oliver Davis Greene: Born Jan. 25, 1833.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1849, to July 1, 1854, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Artillery, July 1, 1854.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Reading, Cal., 1854‑55, — and Ft.

(Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, Nov. 25, 1854)

Washita, I. T., 1855‑56; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., 1856‑57, 1857; and frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. and quelling Kansas Disturbances, 1857‑58; in garrison at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., 1858; on frontier duty on Utah Expedition, 1858, — Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1858, — Ft. Riley, Kan., 1858‑59, — and Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1859; and on Coast Survey, Nov. 26, 1859, to June 15, 1861.

First Lieut., 2d Artillery, Apr. 25, 1861.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., June 15 to Aug. 3, 1961, participating in the Manassas Campaign of July, 1861, and was engaged in the Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861; as Asst. Adjutant-General of the Department

(Captain, Staff — Asst. Adjutant-General, Aug. 3, 1861)

of the Cumberland, Sep. 24 to Nov. 15, 1861, — of the Department of the Ohio, Nov. 15, 1861, to July, 1862; on sick leave of absence, July‑Aug.,

(Major, Staff — Asst. Adjutant-General, July 17, 1862)

1862; as Adjutant-General of 6th Corps (Army of the Potomac), in the Maryland Campaign, Sep. to Nov., 1862, being engaged in the Battle of South Mountain, Sep. 14, 1862, — Battle of Antietam, Md., Sep. 17, 1862, — and March to Falmouth, Va., Oct.‑Nov., 1862; on tour of Inspection in the Department of the South, Dec. 7, 1862, to May 1, 1863; as Assistant in the Adjutant-General's Office at Washington, D. C., May 1 to Aug. 26, 1863; as Adjutant-General of the Department of the Missouri, at St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 27, 1863, to Sep. 21, 1864; and awaiting orders and on

(Captain, 2d Artillery, Oct. 1, 1863, to June 13, 1864)

leave of absence, Sep. 21, 1864, to Sep. 3, 1866.

Served: as Adjutant-General of the Department of the Arkansas, Sep. 3, 1866, to Jan. 9, 1868, and Secretary for Civil Affairs in the Fourth  p591 Military District, Mar. 26, 1867, to Jan. 9, 1868, — of the Department of Dakota, Jan. 30, 1868, to Jan. 3, 1876, — of the Department of the Gulf, Jan. 10, 1876, to July 1, 1878, — of the Department of the South, July 1, 1878, to Mar. 25, 1879, — and of the Department of Columbia, June 4, 1879, to June 1, 1884; as Assistant to the Adjutant-General at Washington city, June 9, 1884, to Oct. 31, 1888; and as Adjutant-General of the Division of the Missouri, to –––––.

Lieut.‑Colonel, Staff — Asst. Adjutant-General, Feb. 28, 1887.