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DOB: December 20, 1825

Place of Birth: East Creek (Montgomery Co.)New York

West Point Military Academy

Cadet, 1 July 1842, Graduated 22nd in his class.

US Army, 4th Artillery, Brevet 2nd Lieutenant, 1 July 1847

US Army 3rd Artillery, 2nd Lieutenant, 22 September 1847

US Army, 3rd Artillery, 1st Lieutenant, 16, March 1852

US Army, 5th Artillery, Captain 14 May 1861, Chief of Artillery

Brigadier General, Volunteers, 29 November 1862

Various Commands

1st Brig, 1st. Div, 5th Corps

4th Brig. 1st. Div. 5th Corps

1st Brig. 2nd. Div. 5th Corps

2nd Div. 5th Corps

Honorably mustered out of volunteer service 30 April 1866

US Army, 28th Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel, 28 July 1866

Transferred to 19th Infantry, 15 March 1869

Transferred to 3rd Artillery, 15 December 1870

US Army, 2nd Artillery, Colonel, 18 July 1879

Brevet Major, 2 July 1863, for gallantry and meritorious service in the battle of Gettysburg.

Brevet Lt. Colonel, 5 May 1864 for gallantry and meritorious service in the battle of the Wilderness.

Brevet Colonel, 18 August 1864 for gallantry and meritorious service in the battle on the Weldon R.R.

Brevet Brigadier General, 15 March 1865, for gallantry and meritorious service in the battle of Five Forks.

Brevet Major General, 13 March 1865, for gallantry and meritorious service in the field during the war.

Major General, Volunteers, 1 August 1864 for conspicuous gallantry in the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Jericho Mills, Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Globe Tavern (Weldon R.R.) and for faithful service in the campaign.

Died: 4 December 1888, Fort Hamilton NY

Buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Section 1.