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George L. Welcker |
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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1832, to July 1, 1836, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Bvt. Second Lieut., Corps of Engineers, July 1, 1836. Served: as Asst. Engineer in constructing the Cumberland Road in Indiana and Illinois, 1836‑40, — and in building Ft. Warren, Boston harbor, (First Lieut., Corps of Engineers, July 7, 1838) Mas., 1840‑41; as Assistant to the Chief Engineer at Washington, D. C., 1841‑42; as Asst. Engineer in building Ft. Morgan, Mobile Bay, Ala., 1842‑44; as Assistant to the Chief Engineer at Washington, D. C., 1844; as Asst. Engineer in building Ft. Morgan, Mobile Bay, Ala., 1844‑45; as Assistant to the Chief Engineer at Washington, D. C., (Captain, Corps of Engineers, Apr. 25, 1846) 1845‑48; and in charge of repairs of St. Augustine Sea-wall, Fla., 1848. Died, May 24, 1848, at Savannah, Ga.: Aged 36. |
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