Class of 1838

Robert Seaman Granger: Born May 24, 1816, Zanesville, OH.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1833, to July 1, 1838, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, July 1, 1838.

Served: in the Florida War, 1838‑40; on Recruiting service, 1840;

(First Lieut., 1st Infantry, Mar. 14, 1839)

in the Florida War, 1841; on frontier duty at Ft. Snelling, Min., 1841‑43, — and Ft. Winnebago, Wis., 1843; at the Military Academy, as Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics, July 26, 1843, to Aug. 18, 1844; on frontier duty at Ft. Snelling, Min., 1844‑45, — Ft. Des Moines, Io., 1845, — Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1845, — Ft. Snelling, Min., 1845‑46, — and Dubuque, Io., 1846‑47; in the War with Mexico, 1847‑48, in garrison at Vera Cruz, 1847‑48, — and on Military Commission in the City of

(Captain, 1st Infantry, Sep. 8, 1847)

Mexico, 1848; in garrison at East Pascagoula, Mis., 1848; on frontier duty at Ft. Brown, Tex., 1848; on Recruiting service, 1849‑50; and on frontier duty at Ft. Brown, Tex., 1850, — Scouting, 1850, — Ft. Merrill, Tex., 1850‑52, — March to the Rio Llano, 1852, — Ft. Terrett, Tex., 1852‑54, — San Antonio, Tex., 1854, — Camp Blake, Tex., 1854, — Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1854‑55, — in conducting recruits to Texas, 1855‑56, — and at Ft. Lancaster, Tex., 1856‑58, 1859‑61.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: on the coast of Texas, where he was captured, Apr. 27, 1861, with Major Sibley's

(Major, 5th Infantry, Sep. 9, 1861)

command, and put upon parole not to serve within Confederate Lines, till Aug., 1862; in organizing brigade of Volunteers at Mansfield, O., Oct. 18 to Dec. 18, 1861; as Disbursing Officer at Cincinnati, O., and preparing recruits for service, Dec. 27, 1861, to May, 1862; in command of Louisville, Ky., May to Aug., 1862; in Operations in Kentucky, commanding State troops, as

Brig.‑General, Kentucky Volunteers, Sep. 1, 1862,

being engaged in command at Shepherdsville, Sep. 1‑20, 1862, — Skirmish at Lebanon Junction, Sep., 1862, — in command of Louisville, Ky., Sep., 1862, — conveying trains from Elizabethtown to Louisville, and returning, Oct., 1862, — and Action of Lawrenceburg, Oct. 12‑13, 1862; in

(Bvt. Colonel, Oct. 9, 1862,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services at the Battle of Lawrenceburg, Ky.)

 p720  command of Bowling Green, Ky., Oct. 30, 1862, to Jan. 12, 1863; in

(Brig.‑General, U. S. Volunteers, Oct. 20, 1862)

Operations in Tennessee, in command of division (Army of the Cumberland), being engaged in a Skirmish near Eaglesville, Feb., 1863, — in command of Nashville and District, June 2 to Sep. 5, 1863, and of District of Middle Tennessee, Sep. 5 to Dec. 18, 1863, — and superintending the defenses, and organizing Nashville depot, where he commanded, Dec. 18, 1863, to June, 1864; and in command of the District of Northern Alabama, June 2, 1864, to Sep. 10, 1865, being engaged in the Capture of General Roddy's Camp, near Courtland, July, 1864, — Expulsion of General Wheeler from Middle Tennessee, Aug.‑Sep., 1864, participating in several Skirmishes with Generals Roddy and Wheeler in Southern Tennessee, — Defense against Forrest's Raid in Middle Tennessee, Oct., 1864, — in command of Huntsville, Ala., Oct., 1864, — Defense of Decatur against General Hood's Army, Oct. 26‑29, 1864, and Sortie upon the Rebel Siege works, Oct. 28, 1864, — in command of

(Bvt. Brig.‑General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services in the Defense of Decatur, Ala.)

Stevenson, Ala., Nov. 30 to Dec. 23, 1864, — and in Occupation of North Alabama, Dec. 23, 1864, to Nov. 11, 1865; on leave of absence, Nov. 11,

(Bvt. Maj.‑General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Gallant and Meritorious Services during the Rebellion)

1865, to Jan. 16, 1866; and in command of 11th Infantry, at Richmond,

(Lieut.‑Colonel, 11th Infantry, June 12, 1865)

Va., Jan.‑Apr., 1866.

Mustered out of Volunteer Service, Jan. 15, 1866.

Served: in command of the District of Henrico, Va., Apr. 6, 1866, to Apr. 23, 1867, — of regiment, headquarters, Richmond, Va., Apr. 23 to June 3, 1867, — of Sub-District of Richmond, June 3, 1867, to July 5, 1868, — of regiment and Camp Grant, Va., Oct. 27, 1868, to Feb. 21, 1869, — and post of Jackson, Mis., Mar. 19, 1869, to Aug. 14, 1870; on

(Transferred to 16th Infantry, Mar. 15, 1869)

leave of absence, July 5 to Oct. 27, 1868, and Mar. to Oct. 20, 1869; on Courts Martial, Apr. 15 to June 23, 1870; as Acting Assistant Inspector-General of the Division of the South, Aug. 14 to Dec. 26, 1870; in command of Depot at Newport Barracks, Ky., and Superintendent of General

(Colonel, 21st Infantry, Aug. 16, 1871)

Recruiting Service, Jan. 1 to Sep. 23, 1871; on duty in San Francisco, Cal., Oct.‑Dec., 1871, and commanding regiment, Jan. 2, 1872, to Oct. 9,º 1873; and on sick leave of absence, Oct. 2º to Dec. 10, 1873.

Retired from Active Service, Jan. 1, 1873,
upon his own application, after 30 Years of continuous Service.