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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1820

Vol. I
p253
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(Born N. C.)

Samuel B. Dusenberry

(Ap'd N. C.)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Mar. 13, 1816, to July 1, 1820, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., Corps of Artillery, July 1, 1820.

Second Lieut., 4th Artillery,
in Re-organization of Army, June 1, 1821.

 p254  Served: in garrison at Ft. Gadsden, Fla., 1820‑21, — Ft. St. Marks, Fla., 1821‑23, — Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), 1824‑25,

(First Lieut., 4th Artillery, Mar. 1, 1825)

— Augusta Arsenal, Ga., 1825‑27, — Ft. McHenry, Md., 1827‑28; on Commissary duty at Baltimore, Md., Sep. 25, 1828, to Oct. 1, 1829, and Feb. 1, 1830, to Nov. 17, 1832; on Quartermaster duty at Baltimore, Md., 1833, — Delaware Breakwater, 1833, — Ft. Mitchell, Ala., 1833‑34,

(Asst. Quartermaster, Feb. 15, 1833, to July 7, 1838)

— Annapolis, Md., 1834‑36, — Florida War, 1836, — purchasing supplies in Kentucky, 1836, — Florida War, 1836‑37, — Ft. Monroe, Va., 1837, — St. Augustine, Fla., 1837‑38, — Baltimore, Md., 1839‑44, — St. Louis, Mo.,

(Capt., Staff — Asst. Quartermaster, July 7, 1838)

(Captain, 4th Artillery, July 7, 1838, to June 18, 1846)

and Baltimore, Md., 1848‑52; on leave of absence, 1852‑53; and as Chief Quartermaster of the Department of New Mexico, Sep. 5, 1854, to Apr. 5, 1855.

Died, Apr. 5, 1855, at Santa Fé, New Mexico: Aged 57.


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