Class of 1856

James Patrick Majors:​a2 Born May 14, 1836, Fayette, MO.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1852, to July 1, 1856, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Cavalry, July 1, 1856.

Served: at the Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pa., 1856‑57;

(Second Lieut., 2d Cavalry, Dec. 1, 1856)

and on frontier duty at Ft. Clark, Tex., 1857, — Scouting, 1857, being engaged against Comanche Indians, in a Skirmish near Ft. Clark, Tex., Aug., 1857, and against Kiowa and Comanche Indians, near Grand Saline, Aug. 6, 1857, — Ft. Mason, Tex., 1857‑58, — Wichita Expedition, 1858,  p656 being engaged against Comanche Indians in an Action near Wichita Village, Tex., Oct. 1, 1858, where he killed three Indians with his own hands, — Scouting, 1858, — Camp Radziminski, Tex., 1858‑59, — San Antonio, Tex., 1859, — Camp Colorado, Tex., 1859, — and at Indianola, Tex., Commissary Depot, 1859‑61.

Resigned, Mar. 21, 1861.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States.​b

Civil History. — Planter, in Louisiana and Texas, 1866‑77.​c

Died, May 8,​d 1877, at Austin, Tex.: Aged 44.