1200…….(Born
Ky.)
John C. McFerran
(Ap’d Ky.)………34
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1838, to July 1, 1843,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, July 1,
1843.
Served: in
garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1843-44, -- and Newport Barracks,
Ky., 1844; on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup (Camp Wilkins), 1844-45; in
Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War
(Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Apr. 19, 1846)
with Mexico, 1846, being
engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, -- and Battle of
Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846; as Assistant to the
(Transferred to 3d Infantry, June 27, 1846)
Superintendent of
Western Recruiting Service, 1847; on frontier duty at San Antonio,
(First Lieut., 3d Infantry, Oct. 22, 1847,
to dec. 31, 1856)
Tex., 1848-49, -- March
to San Elizario, Tex., 1849, -- San Elizario, Tex., 1849-50, -- Santa Fe,
N. M., as Chief Commissary of the Department of New Mexico, Nov. 1, 1850,
to Sep. 1, 1851, -- Ft. Union, N. M., 1851-52, being Acting Asst.
Adjutant-General, Department of New Mexico, Oct. 9, 1851, to Aug. 1, 1852,
-- and as Quartermaster, 3d Infantry, May 1, 1852, to Oct. 20, 1855; at
Ft. Fillmore, N. M., and
(Captain, Staff – Asst. Quartermaster, Aug.
20, 1855)
on Quartermaster duty in
New Mexico, 1855-58, -- Washington D. C. 1859, -- While Cloud, Kan.,
Establishing Deport, 1859, -- Jefferson Barracks, Mo., superintending
repairs, 1859-60, -- taking Cavalry horses and Public Funds to New Mexico,
1860, -- Albuquerque, N. M., 1860-61, -- and at Ft. Union, N. M., building
Deport and Post, 1861-62.
Served during
the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1862-66; as Chief Quartermaster of
the Department of New Mexico, headquarters Santa Fe, Sep. 1, 1862, to July
24, 1865, being engaged in the
(Major, Staff – Quartermaster, Nov. 30,
1863)
Action of Peralta, N.
M., Apr. 15, 1862, -- and as Chief of Staff to Brig.-General Carleton,
(Colonel, Staff – U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 2,
1864, to June 9, 1865)
commanding Department,
Dec., 1864, to July, 1865.
Bvt. Lieut.-Col., Bvt.
Colonel, and Bvt. Brig.-General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1865,
For Faithful and
Meritorious Services During the Rebellion.
Served: as
Quartermaster at Washington, D. C., Sep. 7, 1865, to
(Lieut.-Col., Staff – Dep.
Quartermaster-Gen., July 29, 1866)
Apr. 6, 1869, being in
charge of the 8th Division in the Quartermaster-General’s
Office, Apr. 9 to Aug., 1867; as Depot Quartermaster at Washington, D. C.,
and Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Washington to Apr. 6, 1869;
as Chief Quartermaster of the District of Washington and Deport
Quartermaster to Aug. 1, 1869; on leave of absence, Aug. 1, to Oct. 1,
1869; as Depot Quartermaster, Washington, D. C., and Assistant
Quartermaster-General to Apr. 1, 1870; and as Chief Quartermaster of
Division of the South, to Apr. 25, 1872.
Died, Apr. 25, 1872, at
Louisville, Ky.: Aged 51.
