Class of 1848

William Alloway Slaughter

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., 2d Infantry, July 1, 1848.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., 1848; on voyage to California,

(Second Lieut., 4th Infantry, Nov. 6, 1848)

1848‑49; on frontier duty at San Diego, Cal., 1849, — Escorting Captain Hardcastle's topographical party, 1849, — and at San Diego, Cal., 1849‑50; in garrison at Ft. Gratiot, Mich., 1850, 1850‑52, — and Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1852; and on frontier duty at Benicia, Cal., 1852, — Columbia Barracks, Or., 1852‑53, — Ft. Steilacoom, Wash., 1853‑55, —

(First Lieut., 4th Infantry, June 22, 1854)

and Scouting, 1855, — being engaged against White River Indians at Brannan's Prairie, Wash., where he was

Killed, Dec. 4, 1855: Aged 28.​a

Buried, Fort Steilacoom Cemetery, Steilacoom, WA.