Class of 1856

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 Infantry, July 1, 1856.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1856‑57, — Escorting

(Second Lieut., 6th Infantry, Sep. 16, 1856)

the Commissioner for running the Southern Boundary of Kansas, 1857, — quelling Kansas Disturbances, 1857‑58, — Utah Expedition, 1858, — March to California, 1858, — Benicia, Cal., 1858, — Ft. Yuma, Cal., 1859, — Ft. Mojave, N. M., 1859‑60, — and Benicia, Cal., 1860‑61.

Resigned, Apr. 8, 1861.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States,​a and was

Killed, Sep. 14, 1862, at the Battle of South Mountain, Md.: Aged 27.