Class of 1829

John Charles Casey: Born 1809, in England.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1825, to July 1, 1829, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, July 1, 1829.

Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, July 1, 1829.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Pike, La, 1829‑30; at the Military Academy as Asst. Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology, Jan. 21,  p427 1831, to Dec. 19, 1833; in garrison at Ft. Pike, La., 1834‑35; on Ordnance

(First Lieut., 2d Artillery, Apr. 30, 1835)

duty, Mar. 24 to Oct. 13, 1835; in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians, 1835‑39, being engaged in the Skirmishes at Camp Izard,

(Captain, Staff — Commissary of Subsistence, July 7, 1838)

Feb. 27, 28, 29, and Mar. 5, 1836, — Action of Oloklikaha, Mar. 31, 1836, — and in the performance of various Staff duties,​b and transferring Indians beyond the Mississippi, 1836‑39; as Purchasing Commissary at New York city, 1839‑41; as Assistant to the Commissary-General, at Washington,

(Captain, 2d Artillery, Jan. 4, 1842)

D. C., 1841‑47; as Member of the Board of Visitors to the Military Academy, 1843; in the War with Mexico, as Chief of Commissariat of

(Transferred to 3d Infantry, May 15, 1844)

(Vacated Regimental Commission, June 18, 1846)

the Army commanded by Major-General Taylor, Aug. 15, 1847, to May 13, 1848; on Commissary duty at Tampa Bay, Fla., 1848‑49; and as Commissioner for the removal of the Seminole Indians from Florida, Sep. 1, 1849, to Dec. 25, 1856, 1856.

Died, Dec. 25, 1856, at Ft. Brooke, Fla.: Aged 47.

Burial place unknown