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1085………(Born
Va.)
Robert S. Garnett
(Ap’d Va.)……..27
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1837, to July 1, 1841,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th
Artillery, July 1, 1841.
Served: on the
Northern Frontier during Canada Border Disturbances, at Buffalo, N. Y.,
1841-42, -- and Ft. Ontario, N. Y., 1842; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va.,
(Second Lieut., 4th
Artillery, Jan. 31, 1842)
1842-43; at the Military
Academy, as Asst. Instructor of Infantry Tactics, July 5, 1843, to Oct. 17,
1844; on Recruiting service, 1844; as Aide-de Camp to Brig.-General Wool,
Jan. 1 to Sep. 30, 1845; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-56, being
Adjutant of the Artillery Battalion, Oct. 3, 1845, to June 29, 1846; in the
War with Mexico, 1846-48, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8,
1846, -- Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, -- Battle of Monterey,
(First Lieut., 4th
Artillery, Aug. 18, 1846)
Sep. 21-23, 1846, -- and
Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 22-23, 1847; as
(Bvt. Capt., Sep. 23,
1846, for Gallant Conduct
in the Several Conflicts
at Monterey, Mex.)
Aide-de Camp to
Major-General Taylor, June 29, 1846, to Jan. 31, 1849;
(Bvt. Major, Feb. 23,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Battle of
Buena Vista, Mex.)
(Transferred to 7th
Infantry, Aug. 31, 1848)
in Florida Hostilities
against the Seminole Indians, 1850; as Member of Board to Revise the Uniform
Dress of the Army, at Washington, D. C., 1850-51; on frontier duty at Corpus
Christi, Texas, 1851-52, -- and
(Captain, 7th
Infantry, Mar. 9, 1851)
Ringgold Barracks, Tex.,
1852; at the Military Academy, as Commandant of Cadets, and Instructor of
Infantry Tactics, Nov. 1, 1852, to July 31, 1854; in garrison at Ft. Monroe,
Va., 1855; on frontier duty, on
(Captain, 1st
Cavalry, Mar. 3, 1855)
(Major, 9th
Infantry, Mar. 27, 1855)
Yakima Expedition, 1856,
-- and Ft. Simcoe, Wash., 1856; in garrison at Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1857; on
frontier duty at Ft. Simcoe, Wash., 1857-58, -- Expedition against Puget
Sound Indians, 1858, -- and Ft. Simcoe, Wash., 1858; and on leave of absence
in Europe, 1858-61.
Resigned, Apr. 30, 1861.
Joined in the
Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States, and was
Killed, July 13, 1861, in
the Combat of Carrick’s Ford, W. Va.: Aged 41. |
