306……(Born Pa.)                         St. Clair Denny                       (Ap’d Pa.)……….…21

 

          Military History. --  Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 10, 1818, to July 1, 1822, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 5th Infantry, July 1, 1822. 

          Served:  on frontier duty at Ft. St. Anthony, Min., 1822-23, -- on Major Long’s Missouri expedition, 1823-24, -- at Ft. St. Anthony, Min., 1824-25, -- Ft. Snelling, Min., 1825-27, -- Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1828,

(First Lieut., 5th Infantry, Nov. 30, 1827)

Ft. Howard, Wis., 1828-36 (Quartermaster duty, 1830-34), -- Ft. Dearborn, Ill.

(Asst. Quartermaster, Oct. 15, 1830, to Jan. 28, 1834)

Ill., 1836, -- and Ft. Howard, Wis., 1836-37; on Recruiting service,

(Captain, 5th Infantry, Apr. 1, 1836)

1837-38; and on the Northern Frontier during Canada Border Disturbances, at Buffalo, N. Y., 1838, -- Madison Barracks, N. Y., 1838, --

(Transferred to 8th Infantry, July 7, 1838)

Recruiting, 1838, -- and French Creek, N. Y., 1838-39.

Resigned, Apr. 30, 1839.

Re-appointed in the United States Army with the rank of

Major, Staff – Paymaster, U. S. Army, Oct. 15, 1841,

And served on Paymaster duty in the Florida War against the Seminole 1848, -- 1841-42, -- at New Orleans, La., 1842-48, -- Cincinnati, O., 1848, -- Detroit, Mich., 1849, -- Washington D. C., 1850-56, -- and at St. Louis, Mo., 1856-58.

Died, Aug. 18, 1858, at Pittsburg, Pa.:  Aged 58.

 


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