Class of 1859

Francis Luther Guenther: Born Feb. 22, 1838.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1854, to July 1, 1859, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Artillery, July 1, 1859.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., 1859‑60; on leave of absence,

(Second Lieut., 4th Artillery, Nov. 2, 1859)

Apr. 23 to June 15, 1860; and on frontier duty at Ft. Randall, Dak., 1860‑61.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: in the

(First Lieut., 5th Artillery, May 14, 1861)

Western Virginia Campaign, June to Dec., 1861, being engaged in the Action of Greenbrier River, Oct. 3, 1861; with Battery at Camp Wood, Ky., Dec. 1, 1861, to Feb. 13, 1862; in the Tennessee and Mississippi Campaign (Army of the Ohio), Feb. to June, 1862, being engaged in the March to Nashville, via Bowling Green, Feb. 13‑15, 1862, — March to Pittsburg Landing, Ten., Feb. to Apr., 1862, — Battle of Shiloh, Apr. 7, 1862, — and Advance upon and Siege of Corinth, Apr. 10 to May 30,

(Bvt. Captain, Apr. 7, 1862,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Shiloh, Ten.)

1862; in command of Battery (Army of the Ohio), in Operations in North Alabama, and Movement through Tennessee to Louisville, Ky., June to Sep., 1862, — and in the subsequent Advance into Kentucky, Oct., 1862, participating in several Skirmishes; in command of Battery in Major-General Rosecrans' Tennessee Campaign (Army of the Cumberland), Oct., 1862, to Aug., 1863, being engaged in a Skirmish at Antioch, Ten., Dec. 6, 1862, — Battle of Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, to Jan. 3,

(Bvt. Major, Dec. 31, 1862,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Stone River)

1863, Advance on Tullahoma, June 24 to July 4, 1863, — and Action

(Captain, 5th Artillery, July 2, 1863)

 p722  at Hoover's Gap, June 26, 1863; in command of Camp Marshall, Washington, D. C., Sep. 1 to Oct. 2, 1863; in Operations about Chattanooga, Oct., 1863, to Apr., 1864, being engaged in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863; and in command of Battery at Nashville, Ten., Apr. to Sep., 1864.

Served: at the Military Academy, 1864‑66, as Principal Asst. Professor of Geography, History, and Ethics, Oct. 18, 1864, to July 1, 1865,

(Bvt. Lieut.‑Col., and Bvt. Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services during the Rebellion)

— and as Asst. Professor of Geography, History, and Ethics, July 1, 1865, to Aug. 25, 1866; on leave of absence, Aug. 25 to Dec. 1, 1866; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., Dec. 1, 1866, to Apr. 20, 1867; as President of the Board of Registration for Floyd County, Va., at Jacksonville, Va., Apr. 20, 1867, to Oct. 30, 1867; in command of post of Charleston, S. C., Nov. 10 to Dec. 24, 1867; in charge of Civil Affairs, at Columbia, S. C., to Aug., 1868; and in garrison at Ft. Macon, N. C., Aug. 26, 1868, to Feb., 1869, — Ft. Adams, R. I., Feb. 9, 1869, to Feb., 1870, — Ft. Trumbull, Ct., Feb. 18, 1870, to Dec. 1, 1875, — Key West, Fla., Dec. 9, 1875, to May 13, 1876, — Ft. Brooke, Fla., May 15 to Dec. 12, 1876, — Key West, Fla., Dec. 16, 1876, to June 16, 1877, — Ft. Brooke, Fla., to Nov. 1, 1877, — Key West, Fla., Nov. 4, 1877, to July 12, 1878, — Ft. Jefferson, Fla., to Nov. 7, 1878, — and Key West, Fla., Nov. 8, 1878, to Feb. 26, 1880, — Atlanta, Ga., to June 21, 1880, — Newport Barracks, Ky., to Nov. 2, 1881, — and at Ft. Columbus, N. Y., to

(Major, 2d Artillery, June 26, 1882)

Nov. 10, 1882; on Special duty at headquarters, Department of the South, Dec. 10, 1882, to Nov. 1, 1883; in command of Newport Barracks, Ky., to June 4, 1884, — Little Rock, Ark., June 11, 1884, to May 25, 1889, — Ft. Trumbull, Ct., June 4, 1889, to –––––.