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James R. Stephenson |
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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., 7th Infantry, July 1, 1822. Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1823‑24 — Ft. Towson, I. T., 1824‑26, — Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1826‑27; on Commissary duty (First Lieut., 7th Infantry, Oct. 4, 1825) at Ft. Towson, I. T., 1827‑29; on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1829‑30, — Calcasieu, 1830, — and Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1830; on Commissary duty, (Captain, 7th Infantry, Dec. 31, 1834) subsisting Indians, Dec. 28, 1830, to July 5, 1839;a in the Florida War, 1840; and on sick leave of absence, 1840‑41. Died, Nov. 26, 1841, at Pilatka, Fla.: Aged 40. |
a An idea of some of his duties, and how he failed to fulfil them, can be got from Grant Foreman's The Five Civilized Tribes, pp156‑159 (especially p159); also p287.
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