Class of 1856

Born Nov. 14, 1833.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1852, to July 1, 1856, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, July 1, 1856.

Served: on frontier duty at Ringgold Barracks, Tex., 1857, — Baton Rouge, La., 1857‑59, — Ft. Brown, Tex., 1859, — Expedition against Cortinas' Mexican Marauders, 1859, being engaged in the Combats near Ft. Brown, Tex., Dec. 14 and 21, 1859, — and at Ringgold Barracks, Tex., 1859‑60; in garrison at Baton Rouge, La., 1860, — and Ft. Monroe, Va., 1860; on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1860, — Ft. Scott, Kan., 1860, — and Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1860; and in garrison at Washington, D. C., 1860‑61.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: as Acting Asst. Adjutant-General of the Department of Washington, Apr. to

(First Lieut., 1st Artillery, Apr. 27, 1861, to Feb. 20, 1862)

(Captain, Staff — Commissary of Subsistence, Aug. 3, 1861)

Aug. 15, 1861; as Asst. Commissary at Baltimore, Md., Aug. 13, 1861, to Aug. 20, 1862; as Chief of Commissariat, 8th Army Corps, Aug. 20, 1862, to Jan. 27, 1863; as Depot Commissary at Baltimore, Md., Aug. 20,

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Staff, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 20, 1862, to Jan. 27, 1863)

1862, to Mar. 25, 1864; as Purchasing and Supervising, and Chief Commissary of Subsistence, Department of the Pacific, June to Dec. 7, 1864; in settling his accounts at Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D. C., Feb. to Mar. 23, 1865; and as Chief of Commissariat, 24th Army Corps,

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

Mar. 23 to May 29, 1865, — of Department of Virginia, May 29 to

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Staff, U. S. Volunteers, Mar. 23 to Aug. 1, 1865)

Dec. 5, 1865, — of Department of Virginia and North Carolina, Dec. 5, 1865, to Aug. 16, 1866, — and of Department of the Potomac, Aug. 16 to Dec. 11, 1866.

Served: as Assistant to the Chief of Commissariat, Department of the Gulf, Dec. 17, 1866, to Apr., 1867; as Chief of Commissariat, Third Military District, May 29, 1867, to Aug., 1868, — and of the Department of the South, to Dec. 9, 1868; as Purchasing, Depot, and Post Commissary, Charleston, S. C., Dec. 11, 1868, to June, 1869; as Superintending Commissary, at Sioux city,º Io., of Subsistence for Indians on Northern Reservation, July, 1869, to Nov. 10, 1873; as Chief of Commissariat, Department of Texas, Dec. 1, 1873, to Feb. 28, 1874, — and of the Department of the Gulf, Mar. 6, 1874, to July, 1878; as Purchasing

(Major, Staff — Commissary of Subsistence, Apr. 14, 1875)

 p649  and Depot Commissary at New Orleans, La., July to Sep., 1878; and as Chief of Commissariat of Department of Columbia, and Depot and Purchasing Commissary at Ft. Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 10, 1878, to Oct. 8, 1880; as Purchasing and Depot Commissary at San Francisco, Cal., to Aug. 1, 1884, and at Boston, Mas., Sep. 15, 1884, to Oct. 22, 1887; as Chief of Commissariat of the Department of Dakota, and Purchasing and Depot Commissary at St. Paul, Min., Oct. 24, 1887, to –––––.

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.