Class of 1870

Born June 21, 1851.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1866, to June 15, 1870, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 6th Cavalry, June 15, 1870.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Richardson, Tex., Oct. 13, 1870, to Apr. 20, 1871 (Camp on Little Wichita River, Tex., Jan. 10 to Mar. 13, 1871), — Camp near Ft. Sill, I. T., and Fts. Harker and Hays, Kan., Apr. to Nov., 1871, — Ft. Riley, Kan., Nov. 8, 1871, to May 3, 1872, — Ft. Dodge, Kan., June 28, 1872, to July 7, 1873 (leave of absence, Dec. 4,

(First Lieut., 6th Cavalry, Oct. 4, 1872)

1872, to Jan. 10, 1873), — Regimental Quartermaster, May 17, 1873, to Apr. 4, 1874, — Camp near Ft. Hays, Kan., July 12 to Oct. 18, 1873, — Ft. Hays, Kan., to June 18, 1874, — Ft. Gibson, I. T., to Aug., 1874 (Scouting, June‑July, 1874), — Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, Aug. to Nov., 1874, — Expedition in Indian Territory, Dec. 21, 1874, to Mar., 1875, — Camp, North Fork of Red River, Tex., Mar.‑Apr., 1875, — Ft. Dodge, Kan., June 1 to Aug. 2, 1875, — and Camp Verde, Ara., Oct. 9, 1875, to Mar. 20, 1877; in garrison at Washington Arsenal, D. C.,

(Transferred to 2d Artillery, Feb. 9, 1877)

May 14 to July 18, 1877; suppressing Railroad Disturbances in West Virginia and Maryland, July 18 to Aug. 10, 1877; and in garrison at Washington Arsenal, D. C., Aug. 10, 1877, to Apr. 29, 1878, — Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), May 1, 1878, to May 1, 1880, — Ft. McHenry, Md., to Jan. 16, 1881, — Washington Barracks, D. C., to June 3, 1885, — Regimental Quartermaster, Jan. 20, 1881, to May 5, 1887, — St. Augustine, Fla., to June 2, 1887 (leave of absence, to Oct. 1, 1887), — Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., to Oct. 24, 1889, — and Ft. Adams, R. I., to –––––.

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.