Class of 1852

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1848,  p483 to July 1, 1852, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, July 1, 1852.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1852; on Exploration for Northern Pacific Railroad Route, Apr. 14, 1853, to Feb. 28, 1855; in

(Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, May 10, 1853)

Florida Hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1855; in garrison at

(First Lieut., 2d Artillery, Feb. 28, 1855)

Baton Rouge, La., 1855‑56 — and Ft. McHenry, Md., 1856‑57; on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1857; on Spokane Expedition, 1858, being engaged in the Combat of Four Lakes, Wash., Sep. 1, 1858, — Combat on Spokane Plains, Wash., Sep. 5, 1858, — and Skirmish on Spokane River, Sep. 8, 1858; and as Superintendent of Wagon Road

(Captain, 2d Artillery, Aug. 11, 1862)

from Ft. Walla Walla, Wash., to Ft. Benton, Dak., 1858‑63.

Resigned, May 23, 1863.

Civil History. — Degree of A. M. conferred by St. John's College, Md., 1855. Contractor for carrying the Mail from Chico, Cal., to Idaho, 1863‑67. Employed in the U. S. Surveyor's Office, at San Francisco, Cal., 1867. Counselor at Law, San Francisco, Cal., and Washington, D. C., since 1867.