Class of 1850

Donald Chester Stith: Born July 21, 1829, Izmir, Turkey.

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

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

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1850‑51, — Ft. Belknap, Tex., 1851, — Clear Fork of the Brazos, 1851‑53, — Ft. McIntosh, Tex.,

(Second Lieut., 5th Infantry, Apr. 30, 1853)

1853‑54, — Scouting, 1854, — Ringgold Barracks, Tex., 1854‑55, — and

(First Lieut., 5th Infantry, Oct. 18, 1855)

Ft. McIntosh, Tex., 1856; on Recruiting service, 1856‑58; and on frontier duty on Utah Expedition, 1858‑60, — March to New Mexico, 1860, — Exploration in New Mexico, 1860, — Ft. Fauntleroy, N. M., 1860‑61, — Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1861, — Ft. Marcy, N. M., 1861, — and Ft. Union, N. M., 1861.

 p436  Served against the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861: on detached

(Captain, 5th Infantry, Aug. 8, 1861)

service, June 24 to Sep. 25, 1861.

Dismissed, Sep. 25, 1861.

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

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