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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1872

Vol. III
p202
2456

(Born Ind.)

Robert Hanna

(Ap'd Ind.)

46

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1868, to June 14, 1872, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 6th Cavalry, June 14, 1872.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Riley, Kan., Oct. 23, 1872, to Apr. 20, 1873, — Camp near Ft. Hays, Kan., to Oct. 18, 1873, — Ft. Hays, Kan., Oct. 18, 1873, to May 5, 1874 (leave of absence, Dec. 6‑29, 1873), — Grinnell Station, Kan., May 5 to Aug. 3, 1874, — Ft. Dodge, Kan., to Dec. 23, 1874, — Scouting, to Mar., 1875, — Camp Supply, I. T., to July 17, 1875 (leave of absence, May 21 to June 11, 1875), — Camp Lowell, Ara., Nov. 2, 1875, to Feb., 1877, — and Scouting and at Camp Huachuca, Ara., Feb., 1877, to June 2, 1878 (commanding detachment of Indian Scouts, Apr., 1877, to Apr., 1878); under orders and on leave of absence, June 2 to Dec. 9, 1878; conducting recruits and at Ft. Grant,

(First Lieut., 6th Cavalry, July 11, 1878)

Ara., to Oct. 19, 1879; on sick leave of absence, to Apr. 1, 1880; in garrison at San José, Cal., and on Recruiting service, to July 28, 1880, — and at Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., to Oct., 1880; on frontier duty at Ft. Grant, Ara. (sick leave of absence, May 25, 1881, to June, 1882), to Sep., 1882; in garrison at San Diego Barracks, Cal., to Jan. 23, 1885; on frontier duty at Ft. Wingate, N. M., to May 22, 1885, — on Indian Expedition, to Dec. 12, 1885, — Ft. Wingate, N. M., to July, 1885, — Ft. Cummings, N. M., to Sep., 1886, — Ft. Bayard, N. M. (Scouting, Sep. 23 to Oct. 23, 1886), to June 8, 1888, — and Ft. Wingate, N. M., to Nov. 3,

(Captain, 6th Cavalry, July 7, 1888)

1889; and on leave of absence, to –––––.

Vol. IV
p227
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Commanding troop at Fort Wingate, N. M., and Fort Lewis, Col., to Dec., 1890. — In the field in South Dakota, Pine Ridge campaign, 1890‑91.

Retired from Active Service,
for disability in the line of duty, Feb. 24, 1891.

Civil History. — Engaged in railroad business in California, 1891 to 1892. — Since 1892, engaged in adjusting Whitehead torpedoes for the navy, and interested in the company which makes them. — Post-office address, Sag Harbor, Long Island, N. Y.

Vol. V
p197
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Civil History. — Engaged in adjusting Whitehead torpedoes for the navy, and interested in the company which makes them, 1892‑1902. — Post-office address, Sag Harbor, Long Island, N. Y. — Son of R. B. Hanna, Capt. 72d Indiana in Civil War. — Grandson Samuel Coleman, Lieutenant 8th Infantry, War of 1812.

Died Dec. 4, 1908, at New York, N. Y.: Aged 60.


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