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550…..(Born Ct.)
Miner Knowlton
(Ap’d Ct.)……………..10
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1825, to July 1, 1829,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st
Artillery, July 1, 1829.
Second Lieut., 1st
Artillery, July 1, 1829.
Served: at the
Military Academy as Asst. Professor of Mathematics, Aug. 31, 1830, to Aug.
28, 1831; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice),
1832, -- and Ft Moultrie, S. C., 1832; at the Military Academy, 1832-44, --
as Asst. Professor of Mathematics, Sep. 14, 1832, to Jan. 29, 1833. – as
Asst. Teacher of French, Jan. 27, 1833, to Aug. 30, 1837, -- as Asst.
Instructor of Artillery and Cavalry,
(First Lieut., 1st
Artillery, July 23, 1835)
Aug. 30 to Nov. 9, 1837,
-- and as Instructor of Artillery and Cavalry, Nov. 9, 1837, to July 1,
1844; as Member of Artillery Board for the compilation of “Instruction for
Field Artillery – Horse and Foot,” adopted Mar. 6, 1845, for the service of
the United States; as Aide-de-Camp to Marshal Bugeaud, of the French Army,
in Algeria, Africa, 1845; in Military Occupation of Texas, at Corpus
Christi, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico
(Captain, 1st
Artillery, Apr. 21, 1846)
being engaged on the Rio
Grande, and mustering Volunteers into service, 1846; on Recruiting service,
1846-48; on Engineer duty, Dec. 15, 1848, to Sep. 1, 1949; on sick leave of
absence, 1849-61.
Retired from Active
Service, Oct. 26, 1861, for Disability, Resulting from Long and Faithful
Service, and from Disease and Exposure in the Line of Duty.
Civil History. –
Author of “Notes on Gunpowder, Cannon, and Projectiles,” 1840. President of
the Common Council of the City of Burlington, N. J., 1857. Compiler of
“Instructions and Regulations for the Militia and Volunteers of the United
States,” 1861.
Died, Dec. 24, 1870,
at Burlington, N. J.: Aged 66. |
