Class of 1853

Born Mar. 18, 1829.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1849, to July 1, 1853, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., Top. Engineers, July 1, 1853.

Served: on temporary Artillery duty, at the Military Academy, 1853; in the Topographical Bureau, and Office of Pacific Railroad Surveys,

(Transferred to Ordnance Corps, June 28, 1854)

1853‑54; as Assistant at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., 1854‑57, — and at

(Second Lieut., Ordnance, Dec. 31, 1854)

(First Lieut., Ordnance, Nov. 17, 1856)

Baton Rouge Arsenal, La., 1857‑59; Inspecting Ordnance Stores at Point Isabel, Tex., 1859, being engaged against Cortinas' Mexican Marauders in the Combat near Ft. Brown, Tex., Dec. 14, 1859; and on Foundry duty at Pittsburg, Pa., 1859‑61.

Resigned, Feb. 1, 1861.

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

 p523  Civil History. — Architect, Savannah, Ga., 1866‑68. Chief Engineer, Lexington and St. Louis Railroad, Mo., 1868‑70. Civil and Mining Engineer, St. Louis, Mo., 1870‑75. Professor of Mechanics and Drawing, Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Blacksburg, Va., since 1875.