1205……(Born Pa.)
George G. McClelland
(Ap’d Pa.)………39
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1839, to July 1, 1843,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, July 1,
1843.
Served: on
frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1843-45, -- and Ft. Jesup (Camp
Wilkins), La., 1845; and in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46.
Resigned, Apr. 30, 1846.
Served: in
the War with Mexico, 1847, as a private and corporal in 1st
Pennsylvania Volunteers, at the Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9-29, 1847, --
and Skirmish at Santa Fe, near Vera Cruz, Mar. 25, 1847.
Re-appointed
in the United States Army, with the rank of
Second Lieut., 11th
Infantry, Apr. 9, 1847.
Served: on
Recruiting service, 1847; in the War with Mexico, 1847, being engaged in
the defense of Puebla, Sep. 13-30, 1847; and in arrest, Sep. 30 to Oct.
13, 1847.
Cashiered, Oct. 13,
1847,
For “conduct unbecoming
an officer and a gentleman,” and for “drunkenness on duty.”
Civil
History. – Merchant, Venango County, Pa., 1848-57; and Farmer, 1857-88.
Major, Staff – Brigade Inspector, Pennsylvania Militia, 1849-59.
Died, Oct. 26, 1888,
near Waterloo, Pa.: Aged 70.
