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877………..(Born N.
Y.)
Arthur B. Lansing
(Ap’d N. Y.)………36
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1832, to July 1, 1836,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st
Artillery, July 1, 1836.
On authorized
graduation leave of absence, July 1, 1836, to Sep. 30, 1836.
Resigned, Sep. 30, 1836.
Civil History. –
Civil Engineer, 1836-39.
Military
History. – Re-appointed in the U. S. Army with the rank of
Second Lieut., 2d
Artillery, Nov. 13, 1839.
Served: on the
Northern Frontier at Buffalo, N. Y., 1839-41, during Canada Border
Disturbances; in garrison at Ft. Adams, R. I., 1841-43, -- and at Ft.
Lafayette, N. Y., 1843-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the
War with Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Defense
(First Lieut., 2d
Artillery, June 18, 1486)
of Ft. Brown, May 3-9,
1846; and on Quartermaster duty at Brazos
(Captain, Staff – Asst.
Quartermaster, Jan. 18, 1847, to June 30, 1851)
Island, Tex., 1847, --
Cincinnati, O., 1847, -- in the War with Mexico, at Jalapa, 1847-48, -- Ft.
Gibson, I. T., 1848-49, -- Ft. Smith, Ark., 1849, -- New Orleans, La.,
1849-51, -- and Ft. Martin Scott, Tex., 1851.
Resigned, Sep. 1, 1851.
Died, Feb. 9, 1880, at New
York City: Aged 63. |
