690……..(Born Mas.)
Randolph
B. Marcy
(Ap’d Mas.)………..29
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1828, to July 1, 1832,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 5th
Infantry, July 1, 1832.
Served: on
frontier duty on “Black Hawk Expedition,” 1832, but not at the seat of
war, -- at Ft. Howard, Wis., 1833-37, -- Ft. Winnebago, Wis.,
(Second Lieut., 5th
Infantry, Nov. 25, 1835)
(First Lieut., 5th
Infantry, June 22, 1837)
1837-38, -- Ft. Howard,
Wis., 1838, -- Ft. Gratiot, Mich., 1838, -- and Ft. Winnebago, Wis., 1838;
on Recruiting service, 1838; on frontier duty at Ft. Winnebago, Wis.,
1838-40; on Recruiting service 1840-42; on frontier duty at Ft. Gratiot,
Mich., 1842-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with
Mexico, 1846, being engaged
(Captain, 5th
Infantry, May 18, 1846, to Aug. 22, 1859)
in the Battle of Palo
Alto, May 8, 1846, -- Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846; on
Recruiting service, 1846-47; in garrison at East Pascagoula, Mis., 1848;
on frontier duty at Ft. Towson, I. T., 1848-49, -- Santa Fe, N. M.,
1849-50, -- Ft. Towson, I. T., 1850, -- Camp Arbuckle, I. T., 1850-51, --
escorting Bvt. Brig.-General Belknap while selecting sites for Posts,
1851, -- Exploration of Red River Country, and preparing report thereon,
Mar. 5, 1852, to Apr. 20, 1854, -- Surveying lands for Texas Indians,
1854-55, -- Corpus Christi, Tex., 1855-56, -- Ft. McIntosh, Tex., 1856, --
and Ft. Brown, Tex., 1856-57; in Florida Hostilities against the Seimnole
Indians, 1857, being engaged in the Skirmish of Big Cypress Swamp, Apr.
23, 1857; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1857; on Utah
Expedition, 1857-58, -- and, with a small escort, made a laborious march
through snow and mountains to New Mexico, Nov. 24, 1857, to June 11, 1858,
to procure animals; as Acting Inspector-General of the Department of Utah,
June 12 to Aug. 4, 1858; on Special duty at New York, preparing the
“Prairie Traveler,
(Major, Staff – Paymaster, Aug. 22, 1859)
a Hand-Book for Overland
Expeditions,” 1859; and as Paymaster of the Northwestern Posts, 1859-61.
Served during the
Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-66; as Chief of Staff of
Major-General McClellan, May 21, 1861, to Nov. 5, 1862,
(Col., Staff – Inspector-General, Aug. 9,
1861)
being engaged in the
Campaign of Western Virginia, May-July, 1861, -- at Washington, D. C.,
July 27, 1861, to Mar. 10, 1862, -- in the Virginia
(Brig.-General, U. S. Volunteers, Sep. 23,
1861, to Mar. 4, 1863)
Peninsular Campaign
(Army of the Potomac), Mar.-Aug., 1862, -- and in the Maryland Campaign
(Army of the Potomac), Sep.-Nov., 1862; and on Inspection duties in the
Departments of the “Northwest,” “Missouri,” “Arkansas,” “Mississippi,” and
the “Gulf,” July, 1863, to
(Bvt. Brig.-General, U.
S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865, for Gallant and Meritorious
Services in the Field
During the Rebellion)
(Bvt.-Major-General, U.
S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865, for Faithful and Meritorious
Services During the
Rebellion)
Sep. 20, 1865; on leave
of absence and awaiting orders, Sep. 20, 1865, to Sep. 3,1866.
Served: as
Inspector-General of the Division of the Missouri, Sep. 28, 1866, to Mar.
8, 1869, and at Headquarters of the Army, Mar. 8, 1869,
(Brig.-General, Staff –
Inspector-General, U. S. Army, Dec. 12, 1868)
and as President of Army
Regulations Board to Jan. 2, 1881.
Retired from Active
Service, Jan. 2, 1881, at his Own Request, Having Served Over 40 Years.
Civil History.
– Author of the “Prairie Traveler,” 1859, -- of “Thirty Years of Army Life
on the Border,” 1866, -- and of “Border Reminiscences,” 1871.
Died, Nov. 22, 1887, at
Orange, N. J.: Aged 76.
