Class of 1828

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1823, to July 1, 1828, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Infantry, July 1, 1828.

Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, July 1, 1828.

Served: in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1828‑29; on frontier duty at Ft. Snelling, Min., 1829, — Ft. Winnebago, Wis., 1829‑30, — and Ft. Armstrong, Ill., 1831‑32; in the "Black Hawk" War against the Sac Indians, 1832, being engaged in the Battle of Bad Axe River, Aug. 2, 1832; on Commissary duty at Ft. Armstrong, Ill., 1832‑33; on Recruiting service, 1833‑35; on frontier duty at Ft. Armstrong, Ill., 1835, — Ft. Snelling, Min., 1835‑36, — Ft. Crawford, Wis., 1836, — and Ft.

(First Lieut., 1st Infantry, Oct. 25, 1835)

 p414  (Captain, 1st Infantry, July 7, 1838)

Snelling, Min., 1836‑37; on Recruiting service, 1838; and in the Florida War, 1838‑39.

Died, June 10, 1839, at Ft. Roger Jones, Fla.: Aged 32.

Buried, St. Augustine National Cemetery, St. Augustine, FL.