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856…….(Born Pa.)
Roland A.
Luther
(Ap’d Pa.)………………..17
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1832, to July 1, 1836,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 2d
Artillery, July 1, 1836.
Served: in
garrison at Ft. Mitchell, Ala., and in transferring Indians, 1836-37; in the
Florida War, 1873-38; in the Cherokee Nation, 1838,
(First Lieut., 2d
Artillery, Apr. 3, 1838)
while transferring the
Indians to the West; on the Northern Frontier during Canada Border
Disturbances, at Detroit, Mich., 1838-39, -- buffalo, N. Y., 1839-41, --
Lewiston, N. Y., 1841, -- Buffalo, N. Y., 1841; in garrison at Ft. Monroe,
Va., 1841; on Recruiting service, 1841-42; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va.,
1842, -- Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., 1842, -- Ft. Adams, R. I., 1842-43, -- and Ft.
Columbus, N. Y., 1845; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War
with Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846,
where he was wounded; on Recruiting service, 1847; in garrison at Ft.
Hamilton, N. Y., 1847;
(Captain, 2d Artillery,
Mar. 3, 1847)
in the War with Mexico,
1847-48; in garrison at Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1848-50, 1850-51; and in
Florida Hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1852.
Died, July 9, 1853, at New
Holland, Lancaster County, Pa.: Aged 38. |
