Class of 1865

Born Jan. 19, 1842, Hamburg, PA.​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., 16th Infantry, June 23, 1865.

First Lieut., 16th Infantry, June 23, 1865.

Served: on Recruiting Service, Oct. 2, 1865, to Sep. 16, 1866; in garrison at Nashville, Ten., Oct. to Dec., 1866, — Ft. Pulaski, Ga., Dec., 1866, to Mar., 1867; at Staff Headquarters of Sub-District of Macon, Ga., Mar. to Aug., 1867; on Commissary duty at Savannah, Ga., Aug. to Nov., 1867; in garrison at Ft. Pulaski, Ga., to Apr. 4, 1868; on leave of absence, to July 12, 1868; in garrison at Savannah, Ga., to Sep., 1868, — Atlanta, Ga., to Apr., 1869, — Huntsville, Ala., to Nov., 1869, — Charleston

(Transferred to 2d Infantry, Apr. 17, 1869)

and Corinth, Mis., to Feb., 1870, — Summerville, Ga., to Aug., 1870, — and Huntsville, Ala., to Feb. 1, 1871; on General Recruiting Service, to Feb. 1, 1873; in garrison at Spartanburg, S. C., Mar. 3 to June, 1873, — Atlanta, Ga., to Sep. 1, 1873, — Mt. Vernon Barracks, Ala., Sep. 4 to Dec., 1873, — Atlanta, Ga., to July, 1874, — Mt. Vernon Barracks, Ala., to Sep., 1874, — Quartermaster, 2d Infantry, Aug. 30, 1873, to July 20,

(Captain, 2d Infantry, July 20, 1875)

1875, — Atlanta, Ga., Edgefield, S. C., Tallahassee, Fla., and Columbia, S. C., Sep., 1875, to Feb., 1877, — Atlanta, Ga., to July, 1877, — and Lewiston, Ga., July, 1877; and on frontier duty at Ft. Lapwai, Ida., July, 1877, to Apr. 2, 1878, — Camp Coeur d'Alene, Ida., Apr. 16, 1878,  p55 to Oct. 30, 1882, — Ft. Spokane, Wash. (leave of absence, Feb. 11 to Sep. 11, 1885), to July 3, 1886, — Ft. Niobrara, Neb., to Nov. 27, 1886, — and Ft. Omaha, Neb., to –––––.