Class of 1858

Samuel F. McKee: Born June 18, 1829,⁠a1 Pittsburg, PA.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1854, to July 1, 1858, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Mounted Rifle­men, July 1, 1858.

Served: at the Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pa., 1858‑60;

(Transferred to 1st Dragoons, June 22, 1859)

and on frontier duty, conducting Recruits to California, 1860, — Ft. Tejon, Cal., 1860‑61, — and as Adjutant, 1st Dragoons, Aug. 7 to Nov. 14, 1861,

(Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, Jan. 9, 1860)

(First Lieut., 1st Dragoons, May 7, 1861: 1st Cavalry, Aug. 3, 1861)

at Los Angeles, Cal.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑64: in the

(Captain, 1st Cavalry, Nov. 14, 1861)

Defense of Washington, D. C., Jan. to Mar., 1862; in the Virginia Peninsular Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Mar. to June, 1862, being engaged in the Siege of Yorktown, Apr. 5 to May 4, 1862, — and Battle of Mechanicsville, May 5, 1862; on leave of absence, June 1 to Aug. 2, 1862, in order to accept the Colonelcy of the 77th N. Y. Volunteers; in the Maryland Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Sep.‑Oct., 1862, being engaged in the Battle of South Mountain, Sep. 14, 1862, — Battle of Antietam, Sep. 17, 1862, — and Skirmish of Shepardstown, Sep. 19, 1862; on leave of absence, Oct. 11 to Nov. 3, 1862; in the Rappahannock Campaign (Army of the Potomac), Dec., 1862, to June, 1863, being engaged in "Stoneman's Raid" on Richmond, Va., Apr. 29 to May 8, 1863, — and Combat of Beverly Ford, June 9, 1863; in the Pennsylvania Campaign (Army of the Potomac), June‑July, 1863, being engaged in the Skirmishes at Middleburg, June 20, and Upperville, June 21,  p705 1863, — Battle of Gettysburg, July 1‑3, 1863, — and several Skirmishes, July, 1863; on Special service with General Ayres at New York city, Aug. 23, 1863, to Jan. 14, 1864; on sick leave of absence, Jan. 14 to Feb. 3, 1864; on Picket duty and making Reconnoissances on the Rapidan, Feb. 3 to Mar. 26, 1864, being engaged in a Skirmish at Banks' Ford, Feb. 29, 1864; on leave of absence, Mar.‑Apr., 1864; in the Richmond Campaign (Army of the Potomac), May‑June, 1864, being engaged in the Action of Todd's Tavern, May 7, 1864, — Capture of Spottsylvania C. H., May 8, 1864, — "Sheridan's Raid" to Haxall's Landing, and returning to New Castle, with constant Skirmishes, May 9‑29, 1864, — and Battle of Cold Harbor, May 31 to June 1, 1864, where he was Mortally Wounded, and

Died of Wounds, June 3, 1864: Aged 29.⁠a2