1132……(Born
Pa.)
Charles L. Kilburn
(Ap’d Pa.)………………22
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1838, to July 1, 1842,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st
Artillery, July 1, 1842.
Served: in
garrison at Ft. Adams, R. I., 1842-43, -- Hancock Barracks,
(Transferred to 3d Artillery, July 10, 1843)
Me., 1843, -- Savannah,
Ga., 1843-44, -- and Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1844-45; in Military Occupation of
Texas, 1845-46; in the War with
(Second Lieut., 3d Artillery, June 27, 1844)
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, Sep. 21-23, 1846, --
and Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 22-23, 1847; on
(Bvt. First Lieut., Sep.
23, 1846, for Gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Several
Conflicts at Monterey, Mex.)
(First Lieut., 3d
Artillery, Feb. 16, 1847, to Nov. 11, 1856)
(Bvt. Capt., Feb. 23,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct in the Battle of Buena Vista,
Mex.)
frontier duty at Santa Fe,
N. M., 1848-49; on sick leave of absence, 1849-50; on sick leave of absence,
1850-52; in garrison at Ft. Preble, Me., 1852-53; on Commissary duty at New
Orleans, La., 1853-55, and
(Captain, Staff – Com. Of Subsistence, Sep.
12, 1853)
at Ft. Brooke, Fla.,
1856-59; on leave of absence, 1859; and on Commissary duty at Washington, D.
C., Apr. 15 to June 4, 1861, -- Baltimore
(Major, Staff – Com. Of Subsistence, May 11,
1861)
Md., June 4 to Nov., 1861,
-- Cincinnati, O., Nov., 1861, to Sep. 20, 1864, being the Chief Commissary
fo the department of the Ohio and
(Lieut.-Col, Staff – Asst. Com-Gen. Of
Subsistence, Feb. 9, 1863)
Supervising Chief
Commissary of the Department of the Ohio, Cumberland, Tennessee, and West
Virginia, Sep. 1, 1862, to Sep. 20, 1864, and
(Colonel, Staff – Asst. Com.-Gen. Of
Subsistence, June 29, 1864)
at Louisville, Ky., as
Supervising Chief Commissary of same Departments, Sep. 20, 1864, to dec. 5,
1864; as Chief Commissary of Subsistence of the Department of the South, at
Hilton Head, S. C., Dec. 28, 1864, to Aug. 15, 1865, -- of the Military
Division of the East, at Philadelphia,
(Bvt. Brig.-General, U. S.
Army, Mar. 13, 1865, for Faithful
and Meritorious Services
During the Rebellion)
Pa., Sep., 1865, to Aug.
6, 1866, -- and of the Department of the East, Aug. 6, 1866, to Oct. 31,
1867, being also Purchasing Officer of the Subsistence Department,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Served: as
Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence at New York city, Oct. 31, 1867, to
Feb., 1870; as Chief of Commissariat, Division of the Atlantic, Oct. 28,
1868, to Nov. 18, 1873, -- of the Division of the South Nov. 20, 1873, to
Aug. 10, 1875 (leave of absence to Sep. 11, 1875), -- of the Division of the
Missouri, Sep. 11, 1875, to Nov. 10, 1879, -- and of the Division of the
Pacific and the Department of California, Nov. 16, 1879, to May 20, 1882.
Retired from Active
Service, May 20, 1882, Being Over 62 Years of Age. |