Class of 1848

Born May 9, 1824, Washington Co., VA.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1844, to July 1, 1848, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., Mounted Rifles, July 1, 1848.

Served: in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1848‑49; on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth (Camp Sumner), Kan., 1849, — March to  p350 Oregon, 1849, — Oregon City, 1849‑50, — Astoria, Or., 1850, — and Ft.

(Second Lieut., Mounted Rifles, Nov. 30, 1850)

Vancouver, Wash., 1850‑51; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1851; on frontier duty at Ft. Merrill, Tex., 1852, — Ft. Ewell, Tex., 1852, — Ft. Merrill, Tex., 1852‑53, — Ft. Ewell, Tex., 1853, — Ringgold Barracks, Tex., 1853, — escorting Commanding General of Department of Texas, 1853‑54, — Quartermaster duty, 1854, — purchasing horses,

(First Lieut., Mounted Rifles, Oct. 31, 1854)

1855, — and Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1855; on Recruiting service, 1856; on frontier duty at Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1856; and on leave of absence, 1856‑57.

Resigned, Jan. 26, 1857.

Civil History. — Farmer, near Glade Spring Depot, Va., 1858‑61. Degree of A. M. conferred by Emory and Henry College, Va., 1847.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States,​a and was

Killed, June 5, 1864, at Mount Crawford, Va.: Aged 40.

Buried, Glade Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Glade Spring, VA.