Class of 1846

William Montgomery Gardner: Born June 8, 1824, near Augusta, GA.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1842, to July 1, 1846, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, July 1, 1846.

 p303  Served: in the War with Mexico, 1846‑47, being engaged in the Siege

(Second Lieut., 7th Infantry, Feb. 16, 1847)

of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9‑29, 1847, — Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17‑18,

(Transferred to 2d Infantry, July 13, 1847)

1847, — Skirmish of Ocalaca, Aug. 16, 1847, — Battle of Contreras, Aug. 19‑20, 1847, — and Battle of Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, where he

(Bvt. First Lieut., Aug. 20, 1847, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)

was severely wounded; on sick leave of absence, disabled by wound, 1847‑48; en route to California, 1848‑49; on frontier duty at Benicia,

(First Lieut., 2d Infantry, Oct. 16, 1849)

Cal., 1849‑50, — and Camp Far West, on Bear Creek, Cal., 1850‑51; on Coast Survey, Feb. 1 to Dec. 2, 1851; as Aide-de‑Camp to Bvt. Brig.‑General Hitchcock, Feb. 27, 1852, to Feb. 17, 1854, and to Bvt. Maj.‑General Wool, Feb. 17‑27, 1854, at headquarters of the Pacific Division, San Francisco, Cal.; on Recruiting service, 1854; in garrison at Ft. Carlisle, Pa. Carlisle Barracks, Pa., 1855; on frontier duty at Ft. Pierre, Dak., 1855, — Cantonment

(Captain, 2d Infantry, Mar. 3, 1855)

Miller, Min., 1855‑56, — Ft. Lookout, Dak., 1856, — Ft. Randall, Dak., 1857‑58, — Ft. Scott, Kan., 1858, — Ft. Randall, Dak., 1858‑59, — Ft. Laramie, Dak., 1859‑60, — and Ft. Abercrombie, Dak., 1860; and on leave of absence, 1860‑61.

Resigned, Jan. 19, 1861.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States.​a

Civil History. — Unknown, nothing authentic having been received.

Buried, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, TN.