Class of 1849

Beverly Holcombe Robertson: Born June 5, 1827, The Oaks (Amelia Co.), VA.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1845, to July 1, 1849, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, July 1, 1849.

Served: at the Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pa., 1849‑50; on

(Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, July 25, 1859)

frontier duty at Socorro, N. M., 1850, — Doña Ana, N. M., 1850, — Albiquia, N. M., 1850‑51, — Scouting, 1851, — Ft. Conrad, N. M., 1851‑52, — Scouting against Apache Indians, 1852, being engaged in a Skirmish on Jornada del Muerto, N. M., Feb. 19, 1852, — Albuquerque, N. M., 1852, — Ft. Conrad, N. M., 1852, — Ft. Fillmore, N. M., 1852, — Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1852‑53, — and Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1853; on leave of absence, 1853; on frontier duty in conducting recruits to Kansas, 1854, — Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1854, — March to New Mexico, 1854, — Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1854‑55, — Sioux Expedition, 1855, being engaged in the  p390 Action of Blue Water, Neb., Sep. 3, 1855, — and Ft. Riley, Kan., 1856;

(First Lieut., 2d Dragoons, Mar. 3, 1855)

on Recruiting service, 1856‑58; on frontier duty at Ft. Kearny, Neb., 1858‑59, — Nebraska City, 1859, — Pawnee Expedition, 1859, — and Ft. Crittenden, Ut., 1860‑61; and as Adjutant, 2d Dragoons, Aug. 20, 1860, to Mar. 3, 1861, and Acting Asst. Adjutant-General of the Department

(Captain, 2ddra, Mar. 3, 1861)

of Utah, Aug. 20, 1860, to Mar. 31, 1861, — and at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1861.

Dismissed, Aug. 8, 1861, "Having given proof of his disloyalty."

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

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