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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1836

Vol. I
p635
852

(Born N. Y.)

Barnabas Conkling

(Ap'd N. Y.)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1832, to July 1, 1836, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, July 1, 1836.

Served: on Topographical duty, July 18 to Oct. 14, 1836; in the Florida War, 1836‑37; in garrison at Ft. Pike, La., 1837‑38; in the

(First Lieut., 2d Artillery, Dec. 31, 1837)

Florida War, 1838; in the Cherokee Nation, 1838, while transferring Indians to the West; and on the Northern Frontier during Canada Border Disturbances, at Cleveland, O., 1838, — Ft. Niagara, N. Y., 1838‑39.

Died, Apr. 18, 1839, at Ft. Niagara, N. Y.: Aged 27.


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