Class of 1877

James Valentine Seaman Paddock: Born Aug. 18, 1856.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1873, to June 14, 1877, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 5th Cavalry, June 15, 1877.

Served: on leave of absence and awaiting orders, June 15 to Dec. 6, 1877; and on frontier duty at Sidney Barracks, Neb., Dec. 6, 1877, to May 15, 1878, — Scouting, to Oct. 5, 1878, — Ft. Laramie, Wy., to Dec. 8, 1878, — Ft. D. A. Russell, Wy., and Scouting, Dec. 11, 1878, to Sep. 20, 1879, — and Expedition to White River Agency, Col., to Oct. 18, 1879, being engaged in the Fight on Milk Creek, Col., Sep. 29, 1879, where he was wounded; sick in hospital at Ft. Fred Steele, Wy., to Dec. 17, 1879, and on sick leave of absence, to Apr. 20, 1880; on frontier duty at Ft. D. A. Russell, Wy., to May 16, 1880 (leave of absence, to Oct. 1, 1880), — and Ft. Niobrara, Neb., to May 7, 1885; under instruction at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. School of Application, Sep. 7, 1885, to July 1,

(First Lieut., 5th Cavalry, June 11, 1886)

1887, and Post Recruiting Officer, to Oct. 11, 1887; on frontier duty at Ft. Supply, I. T., to Dec. 2, 1887; and on sick leave of absence, to –––––.

Buried, Oakland Cemetery, Princeton, IL.