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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1872

Vol. III
p198
2447

(Born O.)

George T. T. Patterson

(Ap'd O.)

37

Born Feb. 16, 1848, Antrim, OH.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1868, to  p199 June 14, 1872, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 14th Infantry, June 14, 1872.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Fetterman, Wy., Oct. 6, 1872, to Sep. 19, 1873, — Ft. Sanders, Wy., Sep. 24, 1873, to June 24, 1874, — Ft. Cameron, Utah, July 10, 1874, to Apr. 10, 1877 (leave of absence, Dec. 9, 1874, to Apr. 18, 1875, and Aug. 6 to Oct. 27, 1876), — Camp Douglas, Utah, Apr. 17 to July 29, 1877, — Omaha Barracks, Neb., July 29 to Nov. 28, 1877, — Camp Douglas, Utah, to Dec. 6, 1877, — Fort Hall, Ida., Dec. 6, 1877, to Mar. 21, 1878, — and Ft. Douglas, Utah, to Aug. 31, 1881; as Regimental Quartermaster, Apr. 23, 1879, to June 30, 1886; on frontier

(First Lieut., 14th Infantry, Mar. 15, 1883)

duty at Camp on White River, Col., to July 12, 1883, — Ft. Sidney, Neb., to June 25, 1884, — Vancouver Barracks, Wash., to June 17, 1886 (leave of absence, to Dec. 22, 1886), — Ft. Townsend, Wash., to Oct. 15, 1887, — and Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. (Infantry and Cavalry School of Application), to July 3, 1889; and in garrison at David's Island, Sep. 26, 1889, to –––––.

Vol. IV
p225
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

(George Thomas Tillman Patterson)

Military History. — Served: At David's Island, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1889 to Oct. 15, 1891. — At Fort Townsend, Wash., to Nov., 1891. — At Vancouver Barracks, Wash., to July, 1892. — In the field in Idaho, quelling miner disturbances, to Sept., 1892. — At Vancouver Barracks, Wash., to May 26, 1894,

(Captain of Infantry, 14th Infantry, Oct. 14, 1892)

and on sick leave until he

Died Aug. 14, 1894, at Newburyport, Mas.: Aged 46.

See Annual Association of Graduates, U. S. M. A., 1895, for an obituary notice.

Buried, West Point Cemetery, West Point, NY.


Thayer's Note:

a Capt. Patterson's birth data are from his AOG obituary.


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