1048…….(Born Pa.)
Robert P. Maclay
(Ap’d Pa.)……32
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1836, to July 1, 1840,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 6th
Infantry, July 1, 1840.
Second Lieut., 8th
Infantry, Oct. 1, 1840.
Served: in
the Florida War, 1840-42; in garrison at Ft. Brooke, Fla., 1843-45, -- and
Ft. Marion, Fla., 1845; in Military Occupation of Texas,
(First Lieut., 8th
Infantry, Dec. 31, 1845)
1845-46; in the War with
Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, --
and Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, where he was wounded; on
Recruiting service, 1846-47; in the War with Mexico, 1847, being engaged
in the Defense of Puebla, Sep. 13, to Oct. 12, 1847; on sick leave of
absence, 1847-48; and on frontier duty, on march from Port Lavaca to
Buffalo, Tex., 1848-49, -- San Antonio, Tex., 1849-50, -- Ft. Gates, Tex.,
1851, -- Ft. Worth, Tex., 1851-52,
(Captain, 8th
Infantry, Jan. 22, 1849)
Scouting, 1852, -- Ft.
McKavett, Tex., 1852, -- Ft. Davis, Tex., 1854-55, -- Scouting, 1855, --
Ft. Davis, Tex., 1855-56, -- Scouting, 1856, -- Ft. Davis, Tex., 1856-57,
1858, -- and Ft. Inge, Tex., 1858-60.
Resigned, Dec. 31, 1860.
Civil History.
– Planter, Louisiana, 1860-61.
Joined in the
Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States.
Civil History.
– Planter, in Mississippi, since 1866.
