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Class of 1865

Vol. III
p59 2108

(Born Mas.)

Charles Morris

(Ap'd at Large)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1861, to June 23, 1865, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 19th Infantry, June 23, 1865.

First Lieut., 19th Infantry, June 23, 1865.

Served: in garrison at Augusta, Ga., Oct.‑Nov., 1865, — and Newport Barracks, Ky., Dec., 1865, to Jan., 1866; on frontier duty at Little Rock, Ark., to Mar., 1866; as Adjutant, 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry, Mar. 28 to Aug. 31, 1866; on sick leave of absence, Aug. 31 to Oct. 31,

(Transferred to 37th Infantry, Sep. 21, 1866)

1866; in conducting Recruits to Ft. Riley, Kan., Oct. to Dec., 1866; on frontier duty, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. to Apr., 1867, — Adjutant, 37th Infantry, Dec. 14, 1866, to Oct. 31, 1868, — Ft. Marcy, N. M., to Oct., 1867, — and Santa Fé, N. M., to Dec. 10, 1868; on General Recruiting Service, to Apr., 1869; joining regiment, to June, 1869; on frontier duty

(Transferred to 5th Infantry, May 19, 1869)

at Ft. Harker, Kan., June 2, 1869, to Jan. 10, 1871; as Quartermaster, 5th Infantry, Aug. 10, 1869, to June 10, 1870, and Adjutant, to Dec. 15, 1870; on leave of absence, Jan. 18 to Mar. 6, 1871; in garrison at Ft.

(Transferred to 5th Artillery, Dec. 15, 1870)

Sullivan, Me., to Sep. 20, 1872, — and Ft. Adams, R. I., Oct. 1, 1872, to p60 Oct. 19, 1873; on sick leave of absence, to Jan. 16, 1874; in garrison at Ft. Adams, R. I., to June, 1874, — and Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., to Apr. 17, 1875; on sick leave of absence, May 3 to Oct. 17, 1875; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), Oct., 1875, to May 1, 1878, — and St. Augustine, Fla., June 4 to July 23, 1878; on leave of absence, to Sep. 25, 1878; as Professor of Military Science, at Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mas., Sep. 26, 1878, to Sep. 1, 1881; in garrison at St. Augustine, Fla., Oct. 7 to Nov. 10, 1881,

(Captain, 5th Artillery, Mar. 6, 1882)

— Ft. Schuyler, N. Y., to Jan. 24, 1883, — Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), to June 4, 1885, — and Ft. Columbus, N. Y., to –––––.

Vol. IV
p156 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: As Captain Battery C, 5th Artillery, Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., 1890‑92. — As Captain Battery C, and commanding Fort Canby, Wash., 1892. — As Captain Light Battery F, 5th Artillery, Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., 1892‑96. — As Captain Battery K, 5th Artillery, at Alcatraz, Cal., 1896. — As Captain Battery K, 5th Artillery, Fort Wadsworth, N. Y. H., 1896‑98.

(Major of Artillery, 7th Artillery, March 8, 1898)

— Commanded at Grover's Cliff, Mas., May, 1898. — Commanded Fort Schuyler, N. Y. H., June, 1898 to –––––

Vol. V
p125 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Commanded Fort Schuyler, N. Y. H., June, 1898 to 1899. — Commanded Artillery District of Boston, June, 1899‑01.

(Lieut.‑Colonel — Artillery Corps, Feb. 2, 1901)

— Commanded Artillery District of Charleston, S. C., 1901

(Colonel — Artillery Corps, Feb. 21, 1902)

p126 to 1903. — Commanded Artillery District of San Francisco, Cal., 1903‑06. — Commanded Artillery District of Portland, Me., 1906‑08.

(Brigadier-General, U. S. A., May 1, 1908)

Retired from Active Service May 3, 1908, by operation of law.

— Residence, Portland, Me.

Vol. VI
p114 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Born May 3, 1844.)

Military History. —

Colonel, Artillery Corps, Feb. 21, 1902.

Brigadier-General, U. S. A., May 1, 1908.

p115 Brigadier-General, U. S. A., Retired, May 3, 1908,
By Operation of Law.

Died, Oct. 27, 1912, at Portland, Me.: Aged 68.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1913.

Buried, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA.

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