Class of 1853

Lucius Loomis Rich: Born Sep. –––––, 1831, Liberty, MO.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1848, to July 1, 1853, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Infantry, July 1, 1853.

Served: in garrison at Newport Barracks, Ky., 1853‑54; on frontier duty at Ft. McIntosh, Tex., 1854‑55, — Ft. Clark, Tex., 1855‑56,

(Second Lieut., 5th Infantry, Mar. 3, 1855)

— Ft. McIntosh, Tex., 1856, — and Scouting, 1856, being engaged against Lipan Indians in a Skirmish on the head waters of Nueces River, Tex., Apr. 13, 1856; in Florida Hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1856‑57, being engaged in a Skirmish, Mar. 6, 1856; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1857; as Aide-de‑Camp to Brig.‑General Harney, July 11 to Nov. 4, 1857; on frontier duty on Utah Expedition, 1857‑58,  p571 1859‑60, — March to New Mexico, 1860, — Navajo Expedition, 1860, —

(First Lieut., 5th Infantry, Jan. 19, 1859)

and Ft. Fauntleroy, N. M., 1860; and as Signal Officer of the Department of New Mexico, 1861.​a

Resigned, May 13, 1861.

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

Died, Aug., 1862, at Mobile, Ala.,​c
of Wounds received in the Battle of Shiloh, Ten.: Aged 32.

Buried, Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL.