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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1851, to July 1, 1855, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Bvt. Second Lieut. of Infantry, July 1, 1855. Served: in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., 1855; and on frontier duty (Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, Sep. 30, 1855) at Ft. Fillmore, N. M., 1856, — Tucson, Ara., 1856‑57, — Ft. Fillmore, N. M., 1857‑58, — Los Lunas, N. M.,º 1858‑59, — Ft. Defiance, N. M., 1859, — Los Lunas, N. M., 1859‑60, — March to Texas, 1860, — Ft. Clark, Tex., 1860‑61, — and on Quartermaster duty at San Antonio, Tex., 1861, (First Lieut., 3d Infantry, Mar. 31, 1861) where he was captured and paroled. Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1862‑66: as Assistant to the Commissary General of Prisoners, at Washington, D. C., June 14, 1862, to Apr. 10, 1863; in the Rappahannock Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Apr. to June, 1863, being engaged in the Battle of Chancellorsville, May 2‑4, 1863; in the Pennsylvania Campaign, in command
(Bvt. Major, May 3, 1863,
of 3d Infantry (Army of the Potomac), June‑July, 1863, being engaged in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1‑3, 1863, where he was wounded;
(Bvt. Lieut.‑Col., July 2, 1863,
on sick leave of absence, disabled by wound, July 4, 1863, to Nov. 23, 1864; in command of Draft Depot at Carlisle, Pa., Nov. 23, 1864, to May 30, 1865; as Mustering Officer at Providence, R. I., May 30, 1865, to Feb. 1, 1866; and on Quartermaster and Commissary duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Feb. 1 to Mar. 8, 1866. Major, 39th Infantry, July 28, 1866: Declined. Served: on Recruiting service, Mar. 28, 1866, to Feb. 21, 1868; on (Major, 14th Infantry, Dec. 31, 1867) duty at headquarters, Department of California, June to Sep. 25, 1868; p636
(Retired from Active Service, as Colonel, Sep. 25, 1868
as Deputy Governor of "Soldier's Home," near Washington, D. C., Sep. 11, 1869, to Feb. 21, 1870. Died, Nov. 4, 1889, at Baltimore, Md.: Aged 57. |
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