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313……(Born Pa.)
Francis
Lee
(Ap’d Pa.)………..28
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 2, 1818, to July 1, 1822,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 1, 1822.
Served: on
frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1823-26; on Quartermaster
(First Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Sep. 24, 1824)
duty at Ft. Jesup, La.,
1826-28, -- Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1828-30, --
(Asst. Quartermaster, May
22, 1826, to May 31, 1834)
and Ft. Jesup, La.,
1831-34; on frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1834-36,
(Captain, 7th
Infantry, May 31, 1834)
Camp Desire, near Ft.
Towson, I. T., 1836, -- Camp Nacogdoches, Tex., 1836, -- and Ft. Gibson, I.
T., 1836-38; on Recruiting service, 1838-40; in the Florida War, 1840-42; in
garrison t Ft. Pike, La., 1842-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46;
in the War with Mexico, 1846-47, being engaged in the defense of Ft. Brown,
May 3-9,
(Major, 4th
Infantry, Feb. 16, 1847)
1846; on Recruiting
service, 1847; in the War with Mexico, 1847-48, being engaged in the Capture
of San Antonio, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of
(Bvt. Lieut.-Col, Aug. 20,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Battles of
Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)
Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847,
-- Battle of Molino del Rey, Sep. 8, 1847,
(Bvt. Colonel, Sep. 8,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battle of Molino
del Rey, Mex.)
where he was wounded, --
and Assault and Capture of the city of Mexico, Sep. 13-14, 1847; on frontier
duty at Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., 1849, -- Ft. Howard, Wis., 1849-51, -- Ft.
Snelling, Min., 1851-53, 1853-54,
(Lieut.-Colonel, 6th
Infantry, Mar. 9, 1851)
and Ft. Ridgely, Min.,
1854; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1854-55; on frontier duty on
Sioux Expedition, 1855-56, -- Ft. Pierre,
(Colonel, 2d Infantry,
Oct. 18, 1855)
Dak., 1856, -- and Ft.
Randall, Dak., 1856-57; in command of the Department of the West, May 24, to
Oct. 2, 1858, headquarters at St. Louis, Mo.; and on sick leave of absence,
1858-59.
Died, Jan. 19, 1859, at
St. Louis, Mo.: Aged 55. |
