Class of 1836

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1831, to July 1, 1836, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, July 1, 1836.

Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, July 4, 1836.º

On authorized graduation leave of absence, July 1 to Sep. 30, 1836.

Resigned, Sep. 30, 1836.

Civil History. — Division Engineer, Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad, 1836‑37. Asst. Engineer engaged in Survey of Norfolk and Wilmington Canal, Va., 1837‑38, — of Eastern Shore Railroad, Md., 1838‑39, — of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1839‑40, — and in Public Improvements, Baltimore, Md., 1840.

Military History. — Served in the War with Mexico, 1846‑47, 1847‑48: as Volunteer Aide-de‑Camp to Brig.‑General Twiggs, May, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, — Battle of Resaca-de‑la‑Palma, May 9, 1846, — in command of twenty Volunteer Partisans, Oct., 1846, — in superintending the erection of defenses at Matamoras, June, 1846, — and as

Captain, Md. and D. C. Reg. Volunteer Artillery, Aug. 14, 1847,

till the regiment was

Disbanded, July 13, 1848.

Civil History. — Principal Asst. Engineer of Panama Division of Isthmus Railroad, 1849. Chief Engineer of exploration of East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, 1850‑52, — of Nashville, Ten., and Fulton, Ark., Railroad, 1852‑53, — of La Grange and Bolivar, Ten., Railroad, 1853‑54, — of Mississippi, Ouachita, and Red River Railroad, 1853‑59, — and of Little Rock and Napoleon Railroad, Ark., 1854‑58.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States,​a and was

Killed, May 16, 1863, in the Battle of Baker's Creek:​b Aged 47.

Buried, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City, NY.