Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1822, Aug. 31 | Born, Portsmouth, N.H. |
1841-1845 | Cadet, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
1846-1849 | Promoted to second lieutenant and served with Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott during Mexican War, advancing to ranks of captain and major for gallantry in action |
1849-1855 | Instructor, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
1856 | Transferred to Adjutant General's Department |
1857 | Married Harriet Pierson Cook |
1857-1860 | Attached to Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston's Utah Expedition as assistant adjutant general and chief of staff until ordered back to the East |
1860-1861 | Inspected defenses of Charleston, S.C., harbor, supervised withdrawal of troops from Texas, and in charge of restoration and protection of railroads between Washington, D.C., and the North |
1861, Feb. | Special duty in the Gulf of Mexico |
1861, May 14 | Appointed colonel |
1861, May 17 | Appointed brigadier general, volunteers |
1862, July 4 | Appointed major general, volunteers |
1862 | Commanded 5th Army Corps under General George Brinton McClellan |
1862-1863 | Court-martialed for disobedience of orders and misconduct in the face of the enemy at the 2nd Battle of Manassas and cashiered |
1865-1871 | Merchant in New York and appointed commissioner of public works, police commissioner and fire commissioner of New York, N.Y., and cashier of the New York Post Office |
1879 | Vindicated of court-martial charges by military review |
1886, Aug. 5 | Recommissioned in the army by special act of Congress |
1901, May 21 | Died, Morristown, N.J. |