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St. Clair Denny |
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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 10, 1818, to July 1, 1822, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., 5th Infantry, July 1, 1822. Served: on frontier duty at Ft. St. Anthony, Min., 1822‑23, — on Major Long's Missouri expedition, 1823‑24, — at Ft. St. Anthony, Min., 1824‑25, — Ft. Snelling, Min., 1825‑27, — Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1828, (First Lieut., 5th Infantry, Nov. 30, 1827) — Ft. Howard, Wis., 1828‑36 (Quartermaster duty, 1830‑34), — Ft. Dearborn, (Asst. Quartermaster, Oct. 15, 1830, to Jan. 28, 1834) Ill., 1836, — and Ft. Howard, Wis., 1836‑37; on Recruiting service, (Captain, 5th Infantry, Apr. 1, 1836) 1837‑38; and on the Northern Frontier during Canada Border Disturbances, at Buffalo, N. Y., 1838, — Madison Barracks, N. Y., 1838, — (Transferred to 8th Infantry, July 7, 1838) Recruiting, 1838, — and French Creek, N. Y., 1838‑39. Resigned, Apr. 30, 1839. Re-appointed in the United States Army with the rank of Major, Staff — Paymaster, U. S. Army, Oct. 15, 1841, and served on Paymaster duty in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians, 1841‑42, — at New Orleans, La., 1842‑48, — Cincinnati, O., 1848, — Detroit, Mich., 1849, Washington, D. C., 1850‑56, — and at St. Louis, Mo., 1856‑58. Died, Aug. 18, 1858, at Pittsburg, Pa.: Aged 58. |
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