Class of June 24, 1861

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1857, to June 24, 1861, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, June 24, 1861.

Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, June 24, 1861:
2d Cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., June 27 to July 16, 1861; in the Manassas Campaign of July, 1861, being engaged in the Action at Blackburn's Ford, July 18, 1861, — and Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861; in the Defenses of Washington, D. C., July to Sep., 1861; in the Port Royal Expedition, Oct.‑Nov., 1861; in the Florida Expedition which captured Fernandina, Jacksonville, and St. Augustine, Feb. to June, 1862;

(First Lieut., 2d Cavalry, Feb. 15, 1862)

in the Attack on Secessionville, James Island, S. C., June 16, 1862, and at Hilton Head, S. C., June 18 to Aug. 27, 1862; in the Maryland Campaign, at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Sep. to Nov.,  p830 1862, being present at the Battle of South Mountain, Sep. 14, 1862, — Battle of Antietam, Sep. 17, 1862, — and on the March to Falmouth, Va., Oct.‑Nov., 1862; in the Rappahannock Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Dec., 1862, to June, 1863, being engaged on "Stoneman's Raid" toward Richmond, Apr. 13 to May 9, 1863, — and Combat at Beverly Ford, June 9, 1863; on sick leave of absence, June 13 to July, 1863, in the Pennsylvania Campaign (Army of the Potomac), July, 1863, being engaged in Skirmishes near Boonsborough, Hagerstown, and Williamsport; sick in hospital at Frederick, Md., July, 1863; on the Rappahannock

(Bvt. Captain, Aug. 1, 1863, for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Brandy Station, Va.)

(Army of the Potomac), Aug., 1863, being engaged in several Skirmishes; at Camp Buford, Washington, D. C., remounting and equipping Company, Aug. to Oct., 1863; on sick leave of absence, Oct. 13 to Dec. 27, 1863; on Mustering and Disbursing duty for Draft Rendezvous, Riker and Hart Islands, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1863, to July 15, 1864; and as Aide-de‑Camp to Brig.‑General J. H. Wilson, July 20 to October 5, 1864; in Operations before Petersburg, July 20 to Aug. 5, 1864; in the Shenandoah Campaign, Aug. 17 to Oct. 5, 1864, being engaged in the Skirmish of Summit Point, Aug. 21, 1864, — Skirmish at Kearnysville, Aug. 25, 1864, — Battle of Opequan, Sep. 19, 1864, — and Skirmishes at Front Royal, Sep. 21, Milford, Sep. 22, and Waynesborough, Sep. 29, 1864; on leave of absence, Oct. 5‑26, 1864; as Acting Asst. Inspector-General of the Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi, Oct. 26, 1864, to Oct., 1865, being engaged in the Battle of Nashville,

(Captain, 2d Cavalry, Jan. 25, 1865)

Dec. 15‑16, 1864, — and Pursuit of the enemy, skirmishing with the Rebel rear guard, Dec., 1864, — and in General Wilson's Expedition into Alabama and Georgia, Mar.‑Apr., 1865, participating in the Assault and Capture of Selma, Apr. 2, 1865.

Bvt. Major, Apr. 2, 1865, for Gallant and Meritorious Services
at the Capture of Selma, Ala.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov., 1865, to June, 1866, — Ft. Riley, Kan., June, 1866, to Mar. 13, 1867, — Ft. Laramie, Dak., May 1 to Nov., 1867, — Ft. D. A. Russell, Wy., Nov. 17, 1867, to June, 1868 (leave of absence, Dec. 15, 1867, to Mar. 28, 1868), — Ft. McPherson, Neb., July, 1868, to May, 1869, — in the field to Nov., 1869, — Omaha Barracks, Neb., to Apr., 1870, — Medicine Bow, Neb., to Nov., 1870, — Ft. Sanders, Wy., to Mar., 1874 (escorting engineers making reconnoissance of Northwestern Wyoming, June 4 to Sep. 27, 1873), — Ft. Laramie, Wy., Mar. to Oct., 1874, — and Ft. Sanders, Wy., to May 3, 1875; on leave of absence, May 3 to July 23, 1875; as witness before Civil Court to Sep. 2, 1875; on frontier duty at Ft. Laramie, Wy., Oct., 1875, to May 13, 1876, — on Big Horn Expedition, May 23 to Oct. 28, 1876, being engaged in the Capture of Crazy Horse Village, Mar. 17, and Battle of Rosebud River, June 17, 1876, — Ft. D. A. Russell, Wy., Nov. 8, 1876, to Jan. 13, 1877, — Ft. Fred Steele, Wy., Jan. 14 to Sep. 23, 1877, — and Ft. Keogh, Mon., Oct. 24, 1877, to Aug. 15, 1878 (leave of absence, Mar. 14 to Apr. 25, 1878); on Mounted Recruiting Service, Oct., 1878, to Sep. 30, 1879; in command of Battalion at Ft.

(Major, 4th Cavalry, June 14, 1879)

Garland, Cal., Dec. 1, 1879, to Mar. 12, 1880, — of Ft. Hays, Kan., to May 30, 1880, — of Battalion in the Field, New Mexico, to Nov. 6, 1880, — Ft. Hays, Kan., to July 20, 1881, — Ft. Elliott, Tex., to Nov., 1881, — Ft. Craig, N. M., to Mar. 27, 1883, — of Battalion in the Field, to Apr. 8, 1883; on frontier duty at Ft. Craig, N. M., to June 28, 1883, — Ft.  p831 Wingate, N. M., to June 13, 1884, — Ft. McDowell, Ara. (in command), to June, 1886, — Tucson, Ara., to Oct., 1886, — Ft. Lowell, Ara. (in command), to Nov. 30, 1888, — and Ft. Bowie, Ara., to –––––.