Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1837, May 23 | Born, Boalsburg, Pa. |
| 1861, Apr. | Private, 7th Pennsylvania Volunteers |
| 1861, Apr. 26 | Second lieutenant, 1st Dragoons (Cavalry), United States Army |
| 1861, June 15 | Married Mary Jane Wagner (died 1887) |
| 1861, Aug. 3 | Second lieutenant, 1st Cavalry, United States Army |
| 1861, Aug. 5 | Captain, 6th Cavalry, United States Army |
| 1863, June 9 | Brevetted major, United States Army |
| 1864, Mar. 1 | Colonel, 5th Colored Cavalry, United States Army |
| 1864, Dec. 12 | Brevetted brigadier general, United States Army Volunteers |
| 1864, Dec. 19 | Brevetted lieutenant colonel, United States Army |
| 1865, Mar. 13 | Brevetted colonel, United States Army |
| 1865, May 1 | Brigadier general, United States Army Volunteers |
| 1865, Dec. 15 | Brevetted major general, United States Army Volunteers |
| 1866, July | Captain, 9th Cavalry, United States Army |
| 1868, Jan. 1 | Major, 2nd Cavalry, United States Army |
| 1870 | Published Beldon, the White Chief. Cincinnati and New York: C. F. Vent |
| 1881 | Published The Beef Bonanza, or How to Get Rich on the Plains. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and Co. |
| 1885, June 6 | Lieutenant colonel, 9th Cavalry, United States Army |
| 1889, Aug. 20 | Colonel, 1st Cavalry, United States Army |
| 1890, Dec. 12 | Married Amelia Wilson |
| 1891, Apr. 22 | Colonel, 8th Cavalry, United States Army |
| 1892, Jan. 14 | Died, Philadelphia, Pa. |