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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1881

Vol. III
p351
2913

(Born Ga.)

Frederick G. Hodgson

(Ap'd Ga.)

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Born Athens, GA.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1877, to June 11, 1881, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 6th Cavalry, June 11, 1881.

Served: on frontier duty Scouting, Sep. 20 to Oct. 19, 1881, — Ft. Apache, Ara., and on Scouts, to Dec. 19, 1882, being engaged with Apaches at Chevelon's Fork, July 17, 1882, — Ft. Lowell, Ara., and Scouting (leave of absence, Aug. 26 to Nov. 4, 1883), to May 30, 1884, — and Ft. Wingate, N. M., and in the field (on leave of absence, Jan. 2 to Mar. 31, 1887), to July 2, 1887; and as Professor of Military Science and Tactics  p352 at the North Georgia Agricultural College, Dahlonega, Ga., July 9, 1887, to –––––.

First Lieut., 6th Cavalry, July 7, 1888.

Vol. IV
p347
[Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Military History. — Served: As Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the North Georgia Agricultural College, Dahlonega, Ga., July 9, 1887 to July 1, 1890. — Rejoined regiment at Fort Wingate, N. M. — (Adjutant, 6th Cavalry, Aug. 5, 1890 to July 25, 1892.) — In the field in Dakota and Nebraska, Sioux campaign of 1890 and 1891. — In the field,  p348 Wyoming, during "Rustler troubles," 1892. — Aide-de‑camp to Brigadier-General Indicates a West Point graduate and gives his Class.E. A. Carr, July 25, 1892 to Feb. 15, 1893. — With troop, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., April, 1893 to March 31, 1894. — Assistant Instructor, Department of Law, U. S. Infantry and Cavalry School, Sept., 1893 to March 31,º 1894.

(Captain, Staff ‚ Asst. Quartermaster, March 13,º 1894)

— Post and Depot Quartermaster, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., May 18, 1894 to April 2, 1897. — In charge of construction, Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., April 20 to Sept. 30, 1897. — On duty in Quartermaster-General's Office, Oct. 1, 1897 to ––––

(Major and Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, May 12, 1898)

(Lieut.‑Colonel and Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers, by assignment,
Aug. 10, 1898 to March 2, 1899)

Vol. V
p324
[Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Military History. — Served: On duty in Quartermaster-General's Office, Oct. 1, 1897 to Feb. 17, 1904.

(Major and Quartermaster, Feb. 2, 1901)

— Chief Quartermaster, Department of the Columbia, Feb. 28, 1904 to April 21, 1906.

(Lieut.‑Colonel and Deputy Quartermaster-General, March 31, 1906)

— Chief Quartermaster, Department of the Gulf, April 30, 1906 to Jan. 15, 1907; Depot Quartermaster, Philadelphia Depot of the Quartermaster's Department, Jan. 18, 1907 to –––––.

Vol. VI
p323
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Frederick Grady Hodgson, Born Jan. 25, 1860.)

Military History. —

Lieut.‑Colonel, Deputy Qr. Mr. General, March 31, 1906

At Philadelphia, Pa., Depot Quartermaster, Jan. 18, 1907, to April 26, 1909; at Manila, P. I., Chief Quartermaster, Philippine Division, Aug. 2, 1909, to

(Colonel and Assistant Quartermaster-General, July 4, 1910)

Aug. 2, 1911: at Governor's Island, N. Y., Chief Quartermaster, Eastern Division, Sept. 27, 1911, to Mar. 8, 1912; at Washington, D. C., on duty in office of Quartermaster-General, March 9, 1912, to Oct. 22, 1913.

Colonel, U. S. A., Retired, Oct. 23, 1913,
For Disability Contracted in Line of Duty.

Died, Aug. 5, 1917, at Washington, D. C.: Aged 57

Obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1921.º

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.


Thayer's Note:

a Col. Hodgson's birthplace is from his AOG obituary.


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