Class of 1854

Judson David Bingham: Born May 16, 1831.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1850, to July 1, 1854, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, July 1, 1854.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Wood, N. Y., 1854‑55, — and Barrancas Barracks, Fla., 1855‑56; on Coast Survey, Mar. 22, 1856, to June 12,

(First Lieut., 2d Artillery, Mar. 12, 1856, to Aug. 1, 1863)

1857; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), 1857, 1857‑59; on Expedition to Harper's Ferry, Va., to suppress John Brown's Raid, 1859; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), 1859‑60; and on frontier duty at Ft. Ridgely, Min., 1860‑61.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: in charge

(Captain, Staff — Asst. Quartermaster, May 13, 1861)

of trains and supplies of Gen. Banks's command in Maryland, Aug., 1861, to Feb. 12, 1862, — and of Quartermaster's Depot at Nashville, Ten., Mar., 1862, to Mar., 1863; as Chief Quartermaster of 17th Army Corps (Lieut.‑Col. ex officio), Jan. 1, 1863, to Apr. 23, 1864, and of the Army of the Tennessee, Apr. 23 to Aug. 25, 1864, being present at Lake Providence and Milliken's Bend, La., Apr. 9‑23, 1863, — Siege of Vicksburg, Apr. 23 to July 4, 1863, — Occupation of Vicksburg, July to Nov., 1863, — Memphis, Ten., Nov., 1863, to Feb., 1864, — Expedition to Meridian, Feb., 1864, — at Huntsville, Ala., Mar.‑Apr., 1864, — and in the Invasion of Georgia, including the Siege of Atlanta, May 4 to Aug. 25, 1864; and as Inspector (Colonel, ex officio, Aug. 2, 1864, to Dec. 31, 1866) of the Quartermaster's Department, Aug. 25, 1864, to Dec. 31, 1866.

Bvt. Major, Bvt. Lieut.‑Col., and Bvt. Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Faithful and Meritorious Services during the Rebellion.

Bvt. Brig.‑General, U. S. Army, Apr. 9, 1865,
for Faithful and Meritorious Services in the Field during the Rebellion.

Served: as Chief Quartermaster, Department of the Lakes, Jan. 8,

(Major, Staff — Quartermaster, July 29, 1866)

 p582  1867, to Mar. 31, 1870; as Assistant in the office of the Quartermaster-General at Washington, D. C., Apr. 4, 1870, to Oct. 16, 1879, being in charge of the Bureau, Oct. 25, 1873, to Jan. 19, 1874, and Jan. 28 to Feb. 20, 1875, and as Commissioner to audit Kansas War Accounts,

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Staff — Dep. Quartermaster-General, Mar. 18, 1875)

Mar. 8 to Apr. 5, 1871; as Chief Quartermaster of the Department of the Missouri, Oct. 20, 1879, to Nov. 15, 1883, — of the Division of the

(Colonel, Staff — Asst. Quartermaster-General, July 2, 1883)

Pacific and Department of California, Nov. 24, 1883, to May 30, 1886, — and of the Division of the Missouri, June 4, 1886, to –––––.

Buried, West Point Cemetery, West Point, NY.