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376………..(Born Md.)
Anthony Drane
(Ap’d Md.)………..16
Military
History. -- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1820, to July 1, 1824,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 1, 1824.
Second Lieut., 5th
Infantry, July 1, 1824.
Served: on
Topographical duty, Aug. 27, 1824, to June 20, 1825; on Commissary duty at
Ft. Crawford, Wis., 1825-26, -- Ft. Armstrong, Ill., 1826-27, -- Ft.
Crawford, Wis., 1827-28, -- and Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1828;
(First Lieut., 5th
Infantry, Aug. 20, 1828)
on Quartermaster duty in
Quartermaster General’s Office, Washington, D. C., 1829, -- Natchitoches,
La., 1829-30, -- Ft. Jesup, La., 1830-31,
(Asst. Quartermaster, Apr.
18, 1829, to Nov. 25, 1835)
Cantonment, Leavenworth,
Kan., 1831-32, -- settling claims in Washington, D. C., 1832-33, -- and New
Orleans, La., 1833-35.
Resigned, Nov. 25, 1835.
Reinstated in
the United States Army, Mar. 17, 1842, as
Captain, 5th
Infantry, to Rank from Oct. 31, 1836.
Served: in
garrison at Detroit, Mich., 1842-43; in arrest and suspended, 1843-45; and
in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46.
Cashiered, July 10, 1846,
for “Drunkenness on Duty.”
Civil History. –
Counselor at Law, New Orleans, La., 1847.
Died, Apr. 5, 1850, in
Insane Hospital, Louisville, Ky.: Aged 50.
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