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1180…….(Born N. J.)
Samuel G. French
(Ap’d N. J.)…………….14
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1839, to July 1, 1843,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d
Artillery, July 1, 1843.
Served: in
garrison at ft. Macon, N. C., 1843; in preparing artillery drawings, Nov.
23, 1843, to Nov. 12, 1844; in garrison at Ft. McHenry, Md., 1844-45; in
Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico, 1846-47,
being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846
(Second Lieut., 3d
Artillery, June 18, 1846)
Battle of
Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, -- Battle of Monterey,
(Bvt. First Lieut., Sep.
23, 1846, for Gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Several
Conflicts at Monterey, Mex.)
Sep. 21-23, 1846, -- and
Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 22-23, 1847,
(Bvt. Capt., Feb. 23,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battle of Buena
Vista, Mex.)
where he was severely
wounded; in the Quartermaster-General’s Office at
(First Lieut., 3d
Artillery, Mar. 3, 1847)
Washington, D. C.,
1847-48; and on Quartermaster duty at New Orleans, La., 1848,
(Captain, Staff – Asst.
Quartermaster, Jan. 12, 1848)
Baton Rouge, La., 1848, --
East Pascagoula, Mis., 1848, -- Texas, 1848-50, -- Conducting train from San
Antonio, Tex., to El Paso, 1851, -- Washington, D. C. 1851-53, 1853-54, --
and Ft. Smith, Ark., 1854-56.
Resigned, May 31, 1856.
Civil History. –
Planter, near Vicksburg, Mis., 1856-61.
Joined in the
Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States.
Civil History. –
Unknown, nothing aut5hentic having been received. |
