Class of 1850

William Thomas Magruder: Born Prince George's Co., MD.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1846, to July 1, 1850, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Dragoons, July 1, 1850.

Served: at the Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pa., 1850‑51; on frontier duty at Ft. Snelling, Min., 1851‑53, — Scouting, 1851, — in

(Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, Oct. 9, 1851)

 p415  pursuit of Chippewa Indians, and in a Skirmish with them at St. Croix Falls, Min., Apr. 28, 1853, killing one with his own hands, — Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1854, — Quartermaster, 1st Dragoons, Aug. 1, 1854, to June 30, 1858, — Ft. Union, N. M., 1854‑55, — and Taos, N. M., 1855; on Expedition against the Utah and Apache Indians, 1855, being engaged

(First Lieut., 1st Dragoons, Mar. 3, 1855)

in a Skirmish in the Chow-a‑tah Pass, Mar. 19, 1855, — Skirmish beyond Punch Pass, Mar. 22, 1855, — and Surprise of 200 Utah Indians, Apr. 29, 1855, on the head-waters of the Arkansas; on frontier duty at Ft. Union, N. M., 1855‑56, — March to California, 1856, — and at Ft. Tejon, Cal., 1856‑58; on Recruiting Service, 1858‑60; as Adjutant, 1st Dragoons, May 1 to Sep. 26, 1860; on leave of absence, 1860‑61; and on frontier

(Captain, 1st Dragoons, Jan. 8, 1861: 1st Cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861)

duty at Camp Sprague, D. C.,​a 1862.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1862: in the Virginia Peninsular Campaign (Army of the Potomac), July 1 to Aug. 3, 1862; and on leave of absence, Aug. 3 to Oct. 1, 1862.

Resigned, Oct. 1, 1862.

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

Killed, July 3, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa.: Aged 37.

Buried, Magruder Family Cemetery, Bladensburg, MD.