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Class of 1880

Vol. III
p339 2870

(Born Fla.)

Charles B. Vogdes1

(Ap'd at Large)

Charles Berard Vogdes: Born July 31, 1856, at Key West, FL.a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 4, 1876, to June 12, 1880, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, June 12, 1880.

Served: on frontier duty at Camp at mouth of Rio Pecos, Tex., Oct. 10, 1880, to Mar. 20, 1881, — Ft. Davis and Camp near Presidio Del Norte, Tex., to May 1, 1882, — Camp near Clifton and on Gila River, Ara., to Sep., 1882, — and Ft. Grant, Ara., to Oct. 1, 1882; on leave of absence, p340 to Jan. 25, 1883; under orders and conducting recruits to Department of Arizona, to Mar. 16, 1883; on frontier duty at Ft. Verde, Ara., to Feb. 14, 1885, — and Whipple Barracks, Ara., to Apr. 17, 1886; on leave of absence, to Aug. 14, 1886; and in garrison at Angel Island, Cal. (Camp near Santa Cruz, Cal., July 5 to Sep., 1887), to Oct. 17, 1887, — Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., to June 21, 1888, — Santa Barbara, Cal., to Sep., 1888, — Alcatraz Island, Cal., to Apr. 18, 1889, — Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., to July 8, 1889, — Monterey, Cal., to Sep., 1889, — and Benicia

(First Lieut., 1st Infantry, Mar. 20, 1889)

Barracks, Cal., to –––––.

Vol. IV
p335 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: In Department of California to July 1, 1893. — Professor of Military Science and Tactics, State University, Ia., to June, 1897. — On duty with regiment, Department of California, July 1, 1897 to April, 1898. — Served with regiment throughout Spanish-American war, participating in the battle of El Caney, and in trenches in front of Santiago.

(Captain of Infantry, 1st Infantry, April 26, 1898)

— With regiment in Cuba, Pinar del Rio, to –––––

Vol. V
p312 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: With regiment in Cuba, Pinar del Rio, to Nov., 1899; Regimental Quartermaster, May to Nov., 1899; general recruiting service at Knoxville, Tenn., Nov., 1899 to Nov., 1901; Acting Quartermaster U. S. Army Transport McClellan, Jan. to Dec., 1902.

(Quartermaster, by detail, Dec. 3, 1902)

— Constructing Quartermaster Fort Meade, South Dakota, Jan., 1903 to Feb., 1904.

Major, U. S. A., Retired Oct. 15, 1903, for disability incident to the Service.

— Detailed G. R. S., June 2nd, 1904, serving at Santa Fe, N. M. and Fargo, N. D., to June 25, 1906. — Residence, Lemon Grove, Cal., since Sept., 1906.

Vol. VI
p304 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Charles Berard Vogdes, Born July 31, 1856.)

Military History. —

Captain, 1st Infantry, March 20, 1889

Major, U. S. A., Retired, Oct. 15, 1903,
For Disability Contracted in Line of Duty.

At Santa Fe, N. M., and at Fargo, S. D., on General Recruiting Service, June 2, 1904, to June 25, 1906; resided at Lemon Grove, Cal., September, 1906, to Oct. 1, 1917; at Pomona College, Cal., acting Military Instructor, Oct. 1, 1917, to Feb. 20, 1918; Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Feb. 21 to Sept. 13, 1918; commanding Student's Army Training Corps, Sept. 13 to Dec. 27, 1918; Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Dec. 27, 1918, to –––––

Vol. VII
p172 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Captain, 1st Infantry, Mar. 20, 1889.

Major, U. S. A., Retired, Oct. 15, 1903,
For Disability Contracted in Line of Duty.

Died, Dec. 11, 1922, at San Diego, Calif.: Aged 66.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1923.

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

The Author's Note:

1 Son of Bvt. Brig.‑Gen. Indicates a West Point graduate and gives his Class. Israel Vogdes, Class of 1837.

Thayer's Note:

a Maj. Vogdes' middle name and birth data are from his AOG obituary.

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