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923…….(Born
Md.)
ARNOLD ELZEY*
(Ap’d Md.)…………33
Military
History. -- Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1833, to July 1, 1837,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 2d
Artillery, July 1, 1837.
Served: in the
Florida War, 1837-38; in the Cherokee Nation, 1838, while transferring the
Indians to the West; on the Northern Frontier during Canada Border
Disturbances, at Detroit, Mich., 1838-39, --
(First Lieut., 2d
Artillery, Nov. 12, 1839)
Mackinac, Mich., 1839, --
Buffalo, N. Y., 1839-40, -- Recruiting, 1840, -- Buffalo, N. Y., 1840, --
Rochester, N. Y., 1840-41, -- and Buffalo, N. Y., 1841; in garrison at Ft.
Adams, R. I., 1841-43, -- Ft. Lafayette, N. Y., 1843, 1843-45, -- and Ft.
Columbus, N. Y., 1845; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War
with Mexico, 1846-48, being engaged in the Defense of Ft. Brown, May 3-9,
1846, -- Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9-29, 1847, -- Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr.
17-18, 1847, -- Skirmish of Amazoque, May 14, 1847, -- Capture of San
Antonio, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of
Molino del Rey, Sep. 8, 1847, --
(Bvt. Capt., Aug. 20,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battles of
Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)
Storming of Chapultepec,
Sep. 13, 1847, -- Assault and Capture of the City of Mexico, Sep. 13-14,
1847, -- and as Adjutant, 2d Artillery, Dec., 1847, to Jan., 1848; on
Recruiting service, 1848; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., 1848-49, -- and
Ft. Johnston, N. C., 1849; in Florida Hostilities against the Seminole
Indians, 1849-50; in garrison(Captain, 2d Artillery, Feb. 14, 1849)
At Ft. Moultrie, S. C.,
1851-53; in Frlorida Hostilities, 1853-55, 1855-56,
(Resigned Brevet
Commission, Apr. 2, 1851)
being engaged against the
Seminole Indians in the Skirmish near Chocalisca Key, Mar. 29, 1856; in
garrison at Ft. Ontario, N. Y., 1856-57; on frontier duty at Ft. Mackinac,
Mich., 1857, -- and Ft. Leavenworth Arsenal, Ga., 1860-61, -- and Ft.
Monroe, Va., 1861.
Resigned, Apr. 25, 1861.
Joined in the
Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States.
Civil History.
– Farmer, near Jessup’s Cut, Anne Arundel Co., Md., 1866-71.
Died, Feb. 21, 1871, at
Baltimore, Md.: Aged 54.
*Named Arnold E. Jones
when he was graduated. |
