Class of 1847

Horatio Gates Gibson: Born May 22, 1827, Baltimore, MD.​b

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1843, to July 1, 1847, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, July 1, 1847.

 p317  Served: in the War with Mexico, 1847‑48, at Vera Cruz, Puebla,

(Second Lieut., 3d Artillery, Sep. 8, 1847)

and the City of Mexico; in garrison at Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1848, — and San Francisco, Cal., 1849‑50; as Aide-de‑Camp to Bvt. Brig.‑General Riley, May 28 to Aug. 9, 1850; in garrison at Monterey and San Francisco, Cal., 1850‑51; escorting Indian Commissioners, 1851; on frontier

(First Lieut., 3d Artillery, May 26, 1851)

duty at Sonoma, Cal., 1851, — and Expedition against Coquille Indians, 1851, being engaged in a Skirmish on Coquille River, Or., Nov., 1851, — and Port Orford, Or., 1851‑52; in garrison at Ft. Sullivan, Me., 1852, — and Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1852‑53; on frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1853‑54, — Ft. Washita, I. T., 1854, — Ft. Reading, Cal., 1855, — escorting topographical party exploring Southern Route for Pacific Railroad, 1855, — at Ft. Lane, Or., 1855, — and on the Rogue River Expedition, 1855, being engaged in an Action with Oregon Indians, Oct. 31 -Nov. 1, 1855, where he was severely wounded; in garrison at Benicia, Cal., 1855, 1856, — San Francisco, Cal., 1856‑57, — and Mendocino Reserve, Cal., 1857‑58; on Spokane Expedition, Wash., 1858, being engaged in the Combat of Spokane Plain, Sep. 5, 1858, — and Skirmish of Spokane River, Sep. 8, 1858, — and at the Mendocino Reserve, Cal., 1858; on frontier duty at Ft. Bragg, Cal., and Ft. Vancouver, Wash., 1858; as Quartermaster, 3d Artillery, Nov. 15, 1858, to Oct. 2, 1861; in garrison at San Francisco, Cal., 1859‑60; on Expedition to Carson Valley, Utah, 1860, being engaged in the Combat on Truckee River, June 2, 1860, — and Skirmish on Pyramid Lake, June, 1860; on frontier duty at Ft. Churchill, Nev., 1860; and in garrison at San Francisco Harbor, Cal., 1860‑61.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: in the

(Captain, 3d Artillery, May 14, 1861)

Defenses of Washington, D. C., Dec. 19, 1861, to Mar. 10, 1862; in the Virginia Peninsular Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Mar. 10 to Sep. 4, 1862, being engaged in the Siege of Yorktown, Apr. 5 to May 4, 1862, — Battle of Williamsburg, May 4‑5, 1862, — and under General

(Bvt. Major, May 5, 1862,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services in the Battle of Williamsburg, Va.)

Stoneman, guarding the rear of the Army, June 25‑29, 1862; in the Maryland Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Sep. to Nov., 1862, being engaged in a Skirmish at South Mountain, Sep. 13, 1862, — Battle of South Mountain, Sep. 14, 1862, — Battle of Antietam, Sep. 17, 1862, —

(Bvt. Lieut.‑Col., Sep. 17, 1862,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Antietam, Md.)

Skirmish of Shepardstown, Sep. 19‑20, 1862, — and Skirmish at Rappahannock Station, Nov. 7‑8, 1862, on the march to Falmouth, Va.; in the Rappahannock Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Dec., 1862, to Feb., 1863, being engaged in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862; on leave of absence, Feb. 28 to Apr. 10, 1863; as Chief of Artillery of the Army of the Ohio, Apr. 20, 1863, to Jan. 22, 1864, employed in recruiting

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery Volunteers, Aug. 1, 1863)

(Colonel, 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery Volunteers, Aug. 15, 1863)

and organizing his volunteer Regiment, June to Sep. 23, 1863, — and in the Defenses of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Oct. 10, 1863, to Feb. 22, 1864; in command of District of Northern Central Kentucky, Feb. 22 to Apr. 9, 1864, — and in the Defenses of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Apr. 9 to May 15, 1864; in guarding railroads  p318 debouching from Cleveland, Ten., and constructing Fts. McPherson and Sedgwick at that place, May 26 to Oct. 9, 1864, being engaged in a Skirmish there, Aug. 17, 1864, — and Pursuit of the enemy, Aug. 22‑28, 1864; in command at Loudon, Ten., Oct. 12 to Nov. 18, 1864; in Operations in East Tennessee, opening communications from Knoxville with our troops engaged at Strawberry Plains, Nov. 18‑20, 1864, — under General Ammen, covering General Stoneman's Raid into Southwestern Virginia, Dec. 10‑20, 1864, — and in command of Knoxville,

(Bvt. Brig.‑General, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services during the Rebellion)

(Mustered out of Volunteer Service, Aug. 23, 1865)

Ten., and Brigade of 23d Army Corps, Jan. 28 to Aug. 28, 1865; and on leave of absence, Sep. 20 to Nov. 14, 1865.

Served: in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Nov. 14, 1865, to Apr. 10,

(Major, 3d Artillery, Feb. 5, 1867)

1867, — at Ft. Preble, Me., Apr. 23, 1867, to Apr. 29, 1868; in command

(Bvt. Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services during the Rebellion)

of Ft. Adams, R. I., to July 27, 1868, — of Ft. Preble, Me., Aug. 6, 1868, to Feb. 8, 1869, — and of Barrancas, Fla., to May 25, 1870; on leave of absence, May 25, 1870, to Apr. 6, 1871; in garrison at Newport Barracks, Ky., Apr. 6, 1871, to Nov. 11, 1872; in command of Ft. Wadsworth, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1872, to Oct. 20, 1876, — of Columbia, S. C., Oct. 23, 1876, to Jan. 13, 1877, — and of Ft. Wadsworth, N. Y., Jan. to July, 1877; at Baltimore, Md., and Maunch Chunk, Pa., suppressing railroad disturbances, July‑Aug., 1877; in command of Ft. Wadsworth, N. Y., Sep. 1, 1877, to Nov. 20, 1881; on delay to June 28,

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 2d Artillery, Apr. 1, 1882)

1882; in command of Ft. McHenry, Md., July 17, 1882, to Oct. 31, 1883; sick at post to Jan. 5, 1884; and in command of regiment and

(Colonel, 3d Artillery, Dec. 1, 1883)

post of St. Francis Barracks, Fla., Jan. 10, 1884, to June 5, 1885, — and Washington Barracks, D. C., to —.

Buried, West Point Cemetery, West Point, NY.