Rank: Captain
Unit: 2d Dragoons
Commissioned: United States Military Academy class of 1841 and appointed from South Carolina
Date of birth: 9 February 1829
Hometown: Washington D.C.
Campaign: Plains Indian War (pre Civil War)
Died: 4 June 1858
Age at death: 37
Location of fatality: Pendleton, South Carolina
Place of interment: Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church Cemetery Pendleton, Anderson County, South Carolina
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1842-1843:
– Frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, Louisiana.
– Frontier duty at Ft. Towson, Indian Territory (I.T.).
– Frontier duty at Ft. Washita, I.T.
– Frontier duty at Ft. Towson, I.T. (1842-1843).
– Frontier duty at Ft. Washita, I.T. (1843).
1843-1844:
– Meteorological duty at Washington, D.C.
1844:
– Served with the 1st Dragoons at Ft. Des Moines, Iowa.
– Participated in the Des Moines Expedition.
1846-1849:
– Aide-de-Camp to Brevet Major General Gaines (August 1, 1846, to June 6, 1849).
– Aide-de-Camp to Brevet Major General Brooke (June 7 to July 8, 1849).
– Colonel, 5th New York Volunteers, December 19, 1846 (raised for the War with Mexico but not mustered into service).
– First Lieutenant, 2nd Dragoons, July 29, 1847.
1849-1851:
– On leave of absence (1849-1851).
– At the Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1851).
1851-1853:
– Frontier duty at Ft. Lincoln, Texas (1851-1852).
– Quartermaster duty at Austin, Texas (1852-1853).
– At the Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1853).
– Frontier duty at Ft. Chadbourne, Texas.
1853-1858:
– Captain, 2nd Dragoons, September 6, 1853.
– Frontier duty at Ft. Riley, Kansas (1854-1855).
– On sick leave of absence (1855-1858).