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Theodore T. S. Laidley |
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Theodore Thaddeus Sobieski Laidley:
Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1838, to July 1, 1842, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Bvt. Second Lieut., Ordnance, July 1, 1842. Served: as Asst. Ordnance Officer at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 1842‑44, — at Washington Arsenal, D. C., 1844‑45, — at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 1845, — and at Allegheny Arsenal, Pa., 1846; in the War with Mexico, 1847‑48, being engaged in the Siege of Vera Cruz, (First Lieut., Ordnance, Mar. 3, 1847) Mar. 17‑29, 1847, — Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17‑18, 1847, — and
(Bvt. Capt., Apr. 18, 1847,
Siege of Puebla, Sep. 13 to Oct. 12, 1847; as Asst. Ordnance Officer
(Bvt. Major, Oct. 12, 1847,
at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 1848, and Ft. Monroe Arsenal, Va., 1848‑50; in command of Charleston Arsenal, S. C., 1850; as Asst. Ordnance Officer at Ft. Monroe Arsenal, Va., 1850‑51, — at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 1852‑54; in command of North Carolina Arsenal, 1854‑58; (Captain, Ordnance, July 1, 1856, for Fourteen Years' Continuous Service) and in compiling and publishing a new edition of the Ordnance Manual, June 4, 1858, to Sep. 26, 1861. Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: as Inspector of Powder, Dec., 1861, to Feb. 1, 1862; in command of Frankford p117 Arsenal, Feb. 1, 1862, to Aug. 19, 1864; as Inspector of Ordnance, (Major, Ordnance, June 1, 1863) Aug. 19 to Sep. 24, 1864; and in command of Springfield Armory, Mas., Oct. 27, 1864, to May 3, 1866.
Bvt. Lieut.‑Colonel, and Bvt. Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865,
Served: in command of New York Arsenal, May 3, 1866, to Apr. 1, 1871, — and of Watertown Arsenal, Mas., Apr. 1, 1871, to Nov. 29, 1882; as Member of Board to examine and prove Ames's wrought-iron guns for Naval Service, June 5‑13, 1866, — of Board to select site for Powder Depot, near New York, Oct. 3 to Dec. 1, 1866, — to examine Ordnance Officers for Promotion, Mar., 1867, — to consider proposition to purchase (Lieut.‑Colonel, Ordnance, Mar. 7, 1867) and prove 15‑inch guns, June 23, 1871, — to test Major King's Depressing Gun-carriage, Aug. 4 to Dec. 26, 1871, — on modification of Sea-coast carriages, Apr. 26 to May 4, 1872, — to examine Colonel Benton's plan for manoeuvring Heavy Guns and protecting the Gunners, June 15‑22, 1872, — to arrange details for the manufacture of Experimental Guns (as directed by Congress), Sep. 18 to Oct. 4, 1872, — on the manufacture of Rodman 15‑inch guns at South Boston foundry, Jan. 26 to Mar. 8, 1872, — to examine the manufacture and construction of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores in the various countries of Europe, May 22 to Oct. 16, 1873, — on Rock Island Water-Power, Apr. 10 to May 5, 1874, — to investigate the causes of certain defects in Service Metallic Cartridges, Sep. 21 to Oct. 2, 1874, — to examine a model Cavalry Cart, July 20 to July 25, 1875, — and to test (as directed by Congress) the strength and value of all kinds of iron, steel, and other metals, 1875; and in charge of (Colonel, Ordnance, Apr. 14, 1875) preparing for the U. S. Service a System of Target Practice, 1877‑79.
Retired from Active Service, Dec. 4, 1882,
Civil History. — Author of "A Course of Instruction in Rifle Firing," 1879. Died, Apr. 4, 1886, at Pilatka, Fla.: Aged 64. See Annual Association of Graduates, U. S. M. A., 1886, for an obituary notice.º Buried, West Point Cemetery, West Point, NY. |
a Some time after he was ranked a colonel, he was also involved in coal investigations: see Boyd, History of North Carolina, II.343.
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