Class of 1865

Born Elbridge, NY.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1861, to June 23, 1865, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 12th Infantry, June 23, 1865.

First Lieut., 12th Infantry, June 23, 1865.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., Sep., 1865, to May, 1866; as Quartermaster, 12th Infantry, Oct. 10, 1865, to Aug. 4, 1866; in  p54 garrison at Washington, D. C., June, 1866; in arrest, June‑July, 1866; suspended from rank and pay, July 30, 1866, to Jan. 30, 1867; on frontier

(Transferred to 30th Infantry, Sep. 21, 1866)

duty at Ft. Sedgwick, Col., Feb. to June, 1867, — Scouting, to Oct., 1867, — Escorting Union Pacific Railroad Engineers, Oct. to Dec., 1867, — Ft. D. A. Russell, Dak., to May, 1868, guarding construction parties of Union Pacific Railroad, May to Sep., 1868, — Ft. Fred Steele, Wy.,

(Captain, 30th Infantry, Feb. 22, 1869)

to Nov. 11, 1868, — and Adjutant, 30th Infantry, Sep. 1 to Nov. 28, 1868; on General Recruiting Service, Nov. 28, 1868, to Jan. 20, 1871 (leave of

(Unassigned, March 23, 1869)

(Assigned to 11th Infantry, Jan. 1, 1871)

absence, Feb. to Aug., 1870); on frontier duty at Jefferson, Tex., Jan. to June, 1871, — and Ft. Richardson, Tex., June to Sep., 1871, — Scouting, Sep. to Dec., 1871, — Ft. Richardson, Tex., Dec., 1871, to June, 1872, — Escorting Texas Pacific Railroad Engineers, June, 1872, to June, 1873, — Ft. Richardson, Tex., June, 1873, to July, 1874, — Expedition in the Indian Territory, to Dec., 1874, being engaged in the Capture of a Band of Comanches at Elk Creek, I. T., Nov., 1874; on leave of absence, Aug. 18 to Dec., 1873, and Feb. 9 to May 11, 1875; on frontier duty at Ft. Sill, I. T., to Feb., 1876, — Ft. Brown, Tex., Aug., 1876, — and Cheyenne Agency, Dak., Sep. 4 to Nov. 5, 1876; on leave of absence, Nov. 5, 1876, to May 11, 1877; on frontier duty at Cheyenne Agency, Dak., and Scouting, May 11, 1877, to Oct. 27, 1878; on sick leave of absence, Oct. 27, 1878, to June 7, 1879; and Professor of

(Retired from Active Service, June 7, 1879,
for Disability contracted in the Line of Duty)

Military Science and Tactics, University of Minnesota, 1881‑82.