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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1883

Vol. III
p367
2975

(Born Va.)

Samuel D. Freeman

(Ap'd N. C.)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1879, to June 13, 1883, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 10th Cavalry, June 13, 1883.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Davis, Tex., and Scouting, Sep. 30, 1883, to Sep. 4, 1884, — Ft. Stockton, Tex., to Mar. 26, 1885, — Ft. Thomas, Ara., and scouting, to Aug. 11, 1886 (leave of absence, to Jan. 11, 1887), — and Ft. Apache, Ara., to Aug. 10, 1887; and at the Military Academy as Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Aug. 27, 1887, to –––––.

Vol. IV
p368
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At U. S. M. A., West Point, N. Y. (Department of Mathematics), till Sept. 13, 1892. — With 10th Cavalry in Department of Dakota, Oct. 20, 1892 to June 1, 1893. — At U. S. M. A., West Point, N. Y. (Department of Philosophy), July 1, 1893 to Aug. 13, 1897. — With 10th Cavalry, Department of Dakota, Oct. 17, 1897 to April 20, 1898; with regiment in operations against Spain till Jan. 14, 1899. — Chickamauga, Ga., April 20 to May, 1898; Lakeland, Fla., May 17 to Aug. 17; Montauk, N. Y., Aug. 17 to Oct. 5; on leave to Nov. 6; Huntsville, Ala., to Jan. 30, 1899; San Antonio, Tex., to Feb. 14, 1899; Manzanillo, Cuba, to ––––

(Captain of Cavalry, 5th Cavalry, Feb. 14, 1899)

(Transferred to 10th Cavalry, March 14, 1899)

Vol. V
p341
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: At Manzanillo, Cuba, to Oct. 22, 1899.

(Regimental Quartermaster, 10th Cavalry, April 30, 1899 to Aug. 18, 1900)

— Collector of Customs, Santiago, Cuba, to May 16, 1900; with regiment, Province of Santiago, Cuba, to April 24, 1902; with regiment, Department of the Missouri, to March 1, 1907; in Philippines, to July, 1908.

(Adjutant, 10th Cavalry, Sept. 1906 to July 24, 1907)

(Major, 9th Cavalry, July 24, 1907)

Major, U. S. A., Retired Aug. 22, 1909,
at his own request, over 30 Years' Service.

Vol. VI
p349
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Samuel Diggs Freeman, Born Dec. 23, 1858.)

Military History. —

Major, 9th Cavalry, July 24, 1907.

Major, U. S. A., Retired, Aug. 22, 1909,
At His Own Request, After Over 30 Years' Service.

Recalled to active duty May 2, 1917; at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., Executive Officer, War Prison Barracks, May 2 to Sept. 5, 1917; at West  p350 Virginia University, Professor of Military Science and Tactics, to Sept. 17, 1918; at Troy, Ala., commanding Students' Army Training Corps at Alabama State Normal School, Sept. 26, 1918; at Charleston, S. C., commanding Students' Army Training Corps at The Citadel, Oct. 27, 1918, to Feb. 22, 1919, when he was relieved from further active duty and reverted to retired status.

Vol. VII
p197
[Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Major, U. S. A., Retired, Aug. 22, 1909,
At His Own Request, After Over 30 Years' Service.

Vol. VIII
p65
[Supplement, Vol. VIII: 1930‑1940]

Military History: —

Maj., Ret., Aug. 22, 1909.

Vol. IX
p46
[Supplement, Vol. IX: 1940‑1950]

Military History: —

Maj Ret 22 Aug 09.

Died, Jan. 31, 1948, at Kecoughtan, Va.: Aged 89.

Buried, Trinity Church Kingston Parish Cemetery, Foster, VA.


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