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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1852, to July 1, 1856, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Bvt. Second Lieut. of Dragoons, July 1, 1856. Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Walla Walla, Wash., 1857‑58, — Spokane (Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, Nov. 30, 1856) Expedition, 1858, being engaged in a desperate Combat on the Colville Trail, Wash., 85 miles north of Snake River, where he was Killed, May 17, 1858: Aged 24. |
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