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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1876

Vol. III
p254
2598

(Born Pa.)

Henry H. Ludlow

(Ap'd Ten.)

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Born Easton, PA.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1872, to June 14, 1876, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 3d Artillery, June 15, 1876.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., Sep. 30 to Oct. 24, 1876, and Jan. 13 to Feb. 6, 1877, — Blackville and Charleston, S. C., Oct. 24, 1876, to Jan. 13, 1877, — and Ft. Wadsworth, N. Y., Feb. 6 to July 31, 1877; in suppressing Railroad Disturbances in Pennsylvania, to Oct. 24, 1877; in garrison at Ft. Wadsworth, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1877, to Apr. 27, 1878; on Lieut. Indicates a West Point graduate, Class of 1866: a link to his biographical entry in Cullum's Register.Wheeler's Explorations west of the 100th Meridian, May 6, 1878, to June 1, 1879; in garrison at Madison Barracks, N. Y., to Aug. 25, 1879; at the Military Academy as Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Aug. 28, 1879, to Aug. 28, 1883; and in garrison at St.

(First Lieut., 3d Artillery, Nov. 3, 1882)

Augustine, Fla., to Dec. 13, 1884, — Willet's Point, N. Y., under Torpedo Instruction at Engineer School of Application, Jan. 1 to July 1, 1885, — Ft. McHenry, Md., to Aug. 31, 1886, — Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), to Sep. 1, 1888, — and at San Antonio, Tex., to –––––.

Civil History. — Author of "Elements of Trigonometry," 1888.

Vol. IV
p263
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: At San Antonio, Tex., to Oct. 2, 1890; at Washington Barracks, D. C., to Dec. 20, 1890. — On recruiting service at Knoxville, Ten., to May 14, 1891. — Garrison duty at Washington Barracks, D. C., to May 1, 1893; at Fort McPherson, Ga., to Oct. 15, 1894; at Jackson Barracks, La., to Oct. 16, 1896; and at Alcatraz Island, Cal., to Sept. 1, 1897. — Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi, Sept. 8, 1897 to April 12, 1898.

(Captain of Artillery, 6th Artillery, March 8, 1898)

— Garrison duty at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., to May 19, 1898; at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y. (at Montauk Point, N. Y., Oct. to Dec., 1898), to April 11, 1899. — En route to and in Manila, P. I., to ––––

Vol. V
p238
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History.En route to Manila, P. I., April 11 to May 19, 1899; commanding Battery L, 6th Artillery, Manila, P. I., May 20, 1899 to Mar. 10, 1901; commanding 2d Battalion 6th Artillery, July 1, 1900 to March 10, 1901; at Orion, Bataan, P. I., commanding Battery L, 6th Artillery, Mar. 11 to April 10, 1901; commanding 68th Company, Coast Artillery, April 11 to July 20, 1901, thence Manila, P. I., to Sept. 30, 1901; En route from Manila, P. I., Oct. 1, 1901 to Oct. 28, 1901; in camp at The Presidio of San Francisco, California, Oct. 29, 1901 to Nov. 20, 1901, thence to Fort Baker, Cal., Nov. 21, 1901 to  p239 Sept. 4, 1902; (commanding Fort Baker Nov. 21, 1901 to July 20, 1902); transferred from 68th Company Coast Artillery to 65th Company; commanding Artillery at Fort McDowell, Cal., Sept. 4, 1902.

(Major, Artillery Corps, April 14, 1903)

— Commanding Fort Miley, Cal., May 1, 1903 to Oct. 8, 1903; (A. W. L., May 23 to June 28, 1903), D. S. Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the Mississippi A. & M. College, Agricultural College, Oktibbeha County, Miss., Oct. 8, 1903 to Oct. 2, 1906; at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1906 to Nov. 20, 1908;

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Jan. 25, 1907)

— Commanding Fort Caswell, N. C., Nov. 22 to –––––.

(Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Dec. 27, 1908)

Vol. VI
p210
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Henry Hunt Ludlow, Born April 15, 1854.)

Military History. —

Lieut.‑Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Jan. 25, 1907.

At Fort Caswell, N. C., commanding post, Nov. 22, 1908, to

(Colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, Dec. 27, 1908)

Oct. 25, 1911; at Fort Moultrie, S. C., commanding Coast Artillery Corps District of Charleston, Oct. 26, 1911, to Dec. 23, 1913; at Fort Stevens, Oregon, commanding Coast Defenses of the Columbia, Dec. 29, 1913, to Nov. 28, 1916; at San Francisco, Cal., at Hdqrs. Western Department, Dec. 1, 1916, to Dec. 21, 1917; at his home awaiting retirement, Dec. 25, 1917, to Feb. 5, 1918; at Washington, D. C., in office of Quartermaster General, Feb. 7 to April 14, 1918.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, April 15, 1918,
By Operation of Law.

Recalled to active duty; Commanding Officer, Students' Army Training Corps, at George Washington University, D. C., and at Eastern College, Manassas, Va., Oct. 15, 1918, to April 9, 1919, when he was relieved from further duty and ordered to his home.

Vol. VII
p132
[Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, April 15, 1918,
By Operation of Law.

Died, Aug. 14, 1926, at Washington, D. C.: Aged 72.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1932.º

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.


Thayer's Note:

a Gen. Ludlow's birthplace is from his AOG obituary.


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