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1164…….(Born S.
C.)
James Longstreet
(Ap’d Ala.)…………54
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., 4th
Infantry, July 1, 1842.
Served: in
garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1842-44; on frontier duty at
Natchitoches, La. (Camp Salubrity), 1844-45; in garrison at Ft.
(Second Lieut., 8th
Infantry, Mar. 4, 1845)
Marion, Fla., 1845; in
Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico, 1846-47,
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, --
Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9-29, 1847, -- Battle
(First Lieut., 8th
Infantry, Feb. 23, 1847)
of Cerro Gordo, Apr.
17-18, 1847, -- Capture of San Antonio, Aug. 20,
(Bvt. Capt., Aug. 20,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Battles of
Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)
1847, -- Battle of
Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of Molino del Rey, Sep. 8, 1847, -- and
Storming of Chapultepec, Sep. 13, 1847, where he
(Bvt. Major, Sep. 8, 1847,
for Gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Battle of
Molino del Rey, Mex.)
Was severely wounded in
the Assault of the fortified convent; as Adjutant, 8th Infantry,
June 8, 1847, to July 1, 1849; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,
1848-49; on frontier duty at San Antonio, Tex., 1849, -- Ft. Lincoln, Tex.,
1849, -- San Antonio, Tex., as Chief of Commisarriat of the Department of
Texas, 1849-51, -- Ft. Martin Scott, Tex., 1851-52, -- Scouting, 1852, --
Camp Johnston, Tex., 1852, -- Ft. Chadbourne, Tex.,
(Captain, 8th
Infantry, Dec. 7, 1852, to July 19, 1858)
1852-53, -- Scouting,
1853, -- and Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1854, 1855-58; and as Paymaster, July 19,
1858, to June 1, 1861, -- at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.,
(Major, Staff – Paymaster,
July 19, 1858)
1858-59, -- and
Albuquerque, N. M., 1859-61; and on leave of absence, 1861.
Resigned, June 1, 1861.
Joined in the Rebellion of
1861-66 against the United States.
Civil History. –
Cotton Factor, 1866-68. U. S. Surveyor of Customs for the Port of New
Orleans, La., 1869-71., Adjutant-General of the State of Louisiana, 1870.
Commissioner of Engineers for Louisiana, 1872-77. U. S. Inspector of
Internal Revenu8e for Georgia and Florida, 1878-79. Postmaster at
Gainsville, Ga., 1879-80. U. S. Minister Resident to Turkey, June 14, 1880,
to July, 1881. U. S. Marshal of Georgia, 1881-84. Residence, Gainsville,
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