Class of 1833

Abraham Charles Myers: Born May 14, 1811, Georgetown, SC.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1828, to July 1, 1833, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th Infantry, July 1, 1833.

Served: in garrison at Baton Rouge, La., 1833‑35; in the Florida

(Second Lieut., 4th Infantry, Dec. 31, 1835)

War, 1836‑37, 1838, being engaged against the Seminole Indians in the Skirmishes at Camp Izard, Feb. 27, 28, 29, and Mar. 5, 1836, — and

(First Lieut., 4th Infantry, Sep. 6, 1837)

Action of Oloklikaha, Mar. 31, 1836; on Recruiting service, 1838‑40;

(Captain, Staff — Asst. Quartermaster, Nov. 21, 1839)

and on Quartermaster duty at St. Augustine, Fla., 1840‑41, — in the Florida War, 1841‑42, — Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1842‑45, — in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845‑46, — in the War with Mexico, 1846, 1846‑48, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846,º and Battle of

(Bvt. Major, May 9, 1846, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca-de‑la‑Palma, Tex.)

Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, and as Chief Quartermaster of the Army

(Captain, 4th Infantry, Feb. 16, 1847: Vacated, Feb. 16, 1847)

(Bvt. Lieut.‑Col., Aug. 20, 1847, for Gallant Conduct at Churubusco, Mex.)

of Mexico, Apr.‑June, 1848, — Charleston, S. C., and Savannah, Ga., 1848‑49, — Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Florida, Aug., 1849, to Mar., 1851, — New Orleans, La., 1851‑54, — Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Texas, July 17, 1854, to Jan. 9, 1857, — New York city, 1857‑58, — and New Orleans, La., 1858‑61.

Resigned, Jan. 28, 1861.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States.​a

Civil History. — Travelling in Europe, 1866‑77.

Died, June 20, 1889,​b at Washington, D. C.: Aged 78.

Buried, Saint Paul's Cemetery, Alexandria, VA.