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Class of 1876

Vol. III
p265 2626

(Born Va.)

John C. Gresham

(Ap'd Va.)

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 Cavalry, June 15,º 1876.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Lincoln, Dak., Sep. 28 to Oct. 20, 1876,

(Transferred to 7th Cavalry, June 26, 1876)

— Standing Rock Agency, Dak., to Nov. 9, 1876, — Ft. Rice, Dak., Nov. 11, 1876, to Apr. 19, 1877, — Nez Percés Expedition, May 1 to Nov. 20, 1877, being engaged in the Action of Cañon Creek, Mon., Sep. 13, 1877, — Ft. Lincoln, Dak., Nov. 20, 1877, to July 4, 1878, — Scouting,

(First Lieut., 7th Cavalry, June 28, 1878)

and at Bear Butte, Dak., to Sep. 20, 1878, — and Standing Rock Agency, Oct. 4‑29, 1878; on leave of absence, Oct. 29, 1878, to Mar. 1, 1879; on frontier duty at Ft. A. Lincoln, Dak., to Mar. 5, 1879, — detached service at Ft. Vancouver, Wash., to May 24, 1879, — Ft. Yates, Dak. (guarding construction parties of the Northern Pacific Railroad, June 1 to Nov. 27, 1880), to July 24, 1884, — and Rifle Competition, to Sep., 1884; as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Virginia Agricultural College, Sep. 27, 1884, to Feb. 8, 1887; on sick leave of absence, to Aug. 6, 1887; and on frontier duty at Ft. Meade, Dak., to June 1, 1888, — and March to and at Ft. Riley, Kan., to –––––.

Vol. IV
p271 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. —

Medal of Honor

for distinguished gallantry in voluntarily leading a party into a ravine to dislodge Indians concealed therein, in action at Wounded Knee Creek, S. D., Dec. 29, 1880, while serving as 1st Lieutenant, 7th Cavalry.

Served: At Fort Riley, Kan. (in the field in South Dakota in campaign against Sioux Indians, Nov., 1890 to Jan., 1891, being engaged in the action at Wounded Knee, Dec. 29, and at White Clay Creek, S. D., Dec. 30, 1899, and was commended in General Order No. 100, Adjutant-General's Office, Dec. 17, 1891, for coolness and gallantry in those actions),

(Captain of Cavalry, 7th Cavalry, April 8, 1892)

to May 17, 1895; at Fort Grant, Ariz., to Oct. 11, 1896, and at Fort Bayard, N. M., to Dec. 14, 1896. — Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Fine Arts, West Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 21, 1896 to June, 1898, being also on mustering duty at Raleigh, N. C., in May, 1898. — Garrison duty at Fort Grant, Ariz., June 24 to Oct. 4, 1898. — With regiment at Huntsville, Ala., to Dec., 1898. — Sick at Macon, Ga., to Jan., 1899. — On recruiting service at Providence, R. I., Feb. 1, 1899 to March 6, 1899. — With regiment at Havana, Cuba, March 18, 1899 to –––––

Vol. V
p247 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: With regiment at Havana, Cuba, Mar. 18, 1899 to Sept. 17, 1901.

(Major, 6th Cavalry, Sept. 17, 1901)

— Remained with 7th Cavalry to Oct. 17, 1901; leave Oct. 25 to Dec. 25, 1901; sailed to Manila, Jan. 1, 1902; sick on transport and in hospital, Manila, Jan. 16 to Mar. 8, 1902; with 6th Cavalry on Luzon till June, 1902; in Malvar campaign, Mar. and April, 1902; detached service in Lipa and Maquiling Mountains in command of some 600 men; received telegram from General Indicates a West Point graduate and gives his Class. J. F. Bell of congratulation and commendation; commanded three troops cavalry and company, Scouts Headquarters, Binan, May and June, 1902; terrible cholera epidemic but lost only two men; Acting Inspector-General middle June, 1902 to Sept. 15, 1903; transferred to 15th Cavalry, Aug. 14, 1903; at Fort Myer, Va., and Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., Oct. 27, 1903 to Sept. 25, 1905; Inspector-General, Aug. 2, 1905; sailed for Manila, Oct. 5, 1905; duty, Inspector-General Department Visayas, till Jan. 26, 1906; sick in hospital from Jan. 26 to July 14, 1906; assigned 9th Cavalry, July 5, 1906; commanded regiment maneuvers Fort Riley, July, Aug. and Sept., 1906; commanded Fort Leavenworth, Oct., 1906; Duty War College, Nov. 1, 1906, Nov. 4, 1907; leave, Nov. 4, 1907 to March 4, 1908; commanded Boise Barracks, Mar. 4, 1908 to –––––.

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 14th Cavalry, July 24, 1907)

Vol. VI
p218 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(John Chowning Gresham, Born Sept. 25, 1851.)

Military History. —

Medal of Honor.

Lieut.‑Colonel, 14th Cavalry, July 24, 1907.

At Boisé Bks., Idaho, commanding post, March 4 to May 8, 1908; commanding regiment and post, May 9 to July 18, 1908; at Camp D. S. Stanley, Wash., Chief Umpire at Camp of Instruction, July 27 to Aug. 29, 1908; at Boisé Bks., commanding regiment and post, Sept. 16, 1908, to Feb. 28, 1910; en route to Philippines, March 7 to April 5, 1910; at Camp Stotsenburg, P. I., commanding regiment and post, April 5, 1910, p219 to July 10, 1911; on special duty in connection with establishment of forage production, July 11, 1911, to

(Colonel of Cavalry, Aug. 11, 1911)

(Assigned to 10th Cavalry, April 3, 1912)

May 14, 1912; en route to U. S., to June 9, 1912; on leave of absence, June 9 to Oct. 2, 1912; at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., commanding regiment and post, Oct. 8, 1912, to Dec. 5, 1913 (commanded regiment in maneuvers at Winchester, Va., July 8 to Sept. 30, 1913); commanding regiment en route from Fort Ethan Allen to Mexican border, Dec. 5, 1913; at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, commanding regiment and post, Dec. 21, 1913, to Aug. 1, 1914; at San Francisco, Cal., in charge of Militia affairs, Western Department, Aug. 2, 1914, to Sept. 25, 1915.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Sept. 25, 1915,
By Operation of Law.

Assigned to active duty on day following retirement; at Los Angeles, Cal., with National Guard of California, to January, 1918; at Denver, Col., at University of Denver, Jan. 14, 1918; organized unit of Reserve Officers' Training Corps at that institution and commanded it until it was replaced by the Students' Army Training Corps; organized unit of S. A. T. C. at same place and commanded it until it was demobilized, Dec. 20, 1918.

Vol. VII
p136 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Medal of Honor.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Sept. 25, 1915,
By Operation of Law.

Died, Sept. 2, 1926, at San Diego, Calif.: Aged 74.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1928.

Buried, San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA.

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