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Vol. III |
(Born S. C.) |
Micah J. Jenkinsa |
(Ap'd S. C.) |
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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1875, to June 13, 1879, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., 4th Cavalry, June 13, 1879. Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Garland, Col., Sep. 30, 1879, to May 19, 1880, — Scouting in Colorado, to Nov., 1880, — Ft. Riley, Kan., to Apr. 22, 1881, — Ft. Supply, I. T., to Nov. 28, 1881, — Ojo Caliente, N. M., and Scouting, to Oct. 8, 1882, — Ft. Craig, N. M., to Dec. 2, 1882, — in arrest and confined to the limits of his post, Aug. 3, 1882, to Mar. 27, 1883, — Scouting in New Mexico, to Sep. 1, 1883, — and at Ft. Craig, N. M., to Dec. 16, 1883; on leave of absence, to Apr. 26, 1884, and on delay to (First Lieut., 4th Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1885) July 1, 1884; on frontier duty at Ft. McDowell, Ara., and Scouting, to Jan. 26, 1886; and on leave, to Mar. 1, 1886. Resigned, Mar. 1, 1886. Civil History. — Unknown, nothing authentic having been received. Vol. IV Civil History. — Unknown. Vol. V [The entry is blank.] Vol. VI (Micah John Jenkins, Born July 3, 1857.) Military History. — First Lieut., 4th Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1885. Resigned, Mar. 1, 1886. Captain, 1st Volunteer Cavalry, May 21, 1898. Participated in Campaign of Santiago-de‑Cuba. Major, 1st Volunteer Cavalry, Aug. 11, 1898. Honorably Mustered Out, Sept. 15, 1898. Died, Oct. 17, 1912, at Charleston, S. C.: Aged 55. Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1914. Buried, St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Yonges Island, SC. |
a Son of Micah Jenkins, Confederate general mortally wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness, May 1864.
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