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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1865

Vol. III
p61
2111

(Born Ind.)

Cass Durham

(Ap'd Ind.)

65

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1860, to June 23, 1865, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 16th Infantry, June 23, 1865.

First Lieut., 16th Infantry, June 23, 1865.

Served: in garrison at Nashville, Tenn., Oct.‑Nov., 1865; absent, sick, Nov. 12, 1865, to Feb. 3, 1866; in garrison at Augusta, Ga., Apr., 1866, to Jan., 1867, — Chattanooga, Ten., Jan. to Mar., 1867, — Humboldt,

(Transferred to 25th Infantry, Sep. 21, 1866)

Ten., Mar., 1867, to Nov., 1868; as Quartermaster, 25th Infantry, June 22, 1868, to Apr., 1869; in garrison, at Memphis, Ten., Nov., 1868, to Apr., 1869, — Atlanta, Ga., to Jan., 1870, — Barnet, Ga., to Jan.,

(Transferred to 18th Infantry, Apr. 26, 1869)

1871, — and Atlanta, Ga., to Dec. 11, 1872; on General Recruiting Service, to Oct. 12, 1874; in garrison at Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 15, 1874, to Aug. 25, 1876, — Edgefield, S. C., to Apr., 1877, — and Morganton,

(Captain, 18th Infantry, June 30, 1877)

N. C., to July, 1877; quelling Railroad Disturbances in Indiana, July to Nov., 1877; in garrison at Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 3, 1877, to Apr. 12, 1879; on frontier duty, Ft. Assinniboine, Mon., to Aug. 15, 1880; on leave and absent sick, to June 30, 1881; on Court Martial duty at St. Paul, Min., to Sep. 14, 1881; on frontier duty, Ft. Assinniboine, Mon. (Scouting, Mar., 1882, and on leave of absence, Sep. 14, 1883, to May 26, 1884), to May 9, 1885; and on sick leave of absence to June 15, 1887.

Retired from Active Service, June 15, 1887,
for Disability contracted in the Line of Duty.

Vol. IV
p157
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Retired officer.

Died April 3, 1898, at St. Paul, Min.: Aged 54.

See Annual Association of Graduates, U. S. M. A., 1898, for an obituary notice.


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