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Class of 1878

Vol. III
p304 2746

(Born Va.)

James R. Richards

(Ap'd Va.)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1874, to June 13, 1878, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Additional Second Lieut., 9th Cavalry, June 14, 1878.

Second Lieut., 9th Cavalry, June 28, 1878.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Clark, Tex., and Scouting, Oct. 1,

(Transferred to 4th Cavalry, Sep. 5, 1878)

1878, to Oct. 9, 1879, — Ft. Garland, Col., and Scouting, to Nov. 14, 1880, — Ft. Supply, I. T., to Apr., 1881, — Cantonment at the mouth of Canadian River, I. T., to Nov. 15, 1881, — Ft. Craig, N. M., to Dec. 15, 1882, — commanding company of Indian Scouts in the field, to Sep. 21, 1882, — Ft. Stanton, N. M., and on detached service, to Dec. 20, 1882

(First Lieut., 4th Cavalry, Dec. 28, 1882)

(leave of absence, to Mar. 23, 1883), — Regimental Adjutant, Mar. 24, 1883, to Dec. 31, 1885, — Ft. Bayard, N. M., Mar. 23, 1883, to Jan. 11, 1884, — Ft. Lowell, Ara., to Jan. 24, 1885, — Ft. Huachuca, Ara., to Jan. 17, 1886, — commanding Indian Scouts at Bowie Station, Ara., to Apr., 1886, — conducting Indian Prisoners to St. Augustine, Fla., to June, 1887, — Ft. Bowie, Ara., to July 29, 1886, — Ft. Huachuca, Ara. (leave of absence, Nov. 13, 1886, to Mar. 13, 1887), to Nov. 27, 1888, — and Ft. Verde, Ara. (leave of absence, July 28 to Oct. 16, 1889), to –––––.

Vol. IV
p302 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: at Fort Verde, Ariz., to May, 1890; at Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., to July, 1890; (Regimental Adjutant, July 8, 1890 to April 22, 1891); at Ft. Walla Walla, Wash.,

(Captain of Cavalry, 4th Cavalry, April 22, 1891)

to June, 1891; on leave to Oct., 1891; on recruiting service at Terre Haute, Ind., to Dec. 5, 1892; on sick leave to June 5, 1893; on recruiting service at Pittsburg, Pa., to Oct. 12, 1893; garrison duty at Fort Walla Walla, Wash., Nov. 21, 1893, until

Retired from Active Service, for disability in the line of duty, Feb. 25, 1896.

Vol. V
p280 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Retired officer.

Vol. VI
p257 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(James Russell Richards, Born Dec. 22, 1854.)

Military History. —

Captain, 4th Cavalry, April 22, 1891.

Captain, U. S. A., Retired, Feb. 25, 1896,
For Disability Contracted in Line of Duty.

After retirement, resided in Shenandoah Valley, Va.

Died, Feb. 12, 1914, at Front Royal, Va.: Aged 50.

Obituary notice in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1914.

Buried, Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, VA.

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