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387……..(Born Md.)
Dixon S. Miles
(Ap’d Md.)…………27
Military History.
– Cadet at the Military Academy, June 24, 1819, to July 1, 1824, when he was
graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th
Infantry, July 1, 1824.
Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 1, 1824.
Served: in
garrison at Cantonment Clinch, Fla., 1825; on frontier duty at Ft. Gibson,
I. T., 1825-28, -- Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1828, -- and Ft. Gibson, I. T.,
1828-30, -- and as Adjutant, 7th Infantry, at
(First Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Apr. 30, 1833)
Regimental headquarters,
May, 1830, to Feb. 10, 1836; on Recruiting service 1836-39; on Quartermaster
duty, 1839-45, in Florida War, 1839-42,
(Captain, 7th
Infantry, June 8, 1836)
and in Pensacola harbor,
Fla., 1843-45; in Military Occupation of
(Capt., Staff – Asst. Quartermaster, Jan. 16,
1839, to Sep. 30, 1845)
Texas, 1845-46; in the War
with Mexico, 1846-47, 1848, being engaged in the Defense of Ft. Brown, May
3-9, 1846, -- Battle of Monterey,
(Bvt. Major, May 9, 1846, for Gallant and
Distinguished Conduct in the Defense of Ft. Brown, Tex.)
Sep. 21-23, 1846, -- Siege
of Vera Cruz, May 9-29, 1847, -- and in command
(Bvt. Lieut.-Col., Sep. 23,
1846, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Several Conflicts at
Monterey, Mex.)
Of the City of Vera Cruz,
Aug. 11 to Dec. 23, 1847; in garrison at
(Major, 5th
Infantry, Feb. 16, 1847)
East Pascagoula, Mis.,
1848; on frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1848, -- Ft. Washita, I. T.,
1849-51, -- Ft. Fillmore, N. M., 1851-53, -- Albuquerque,
(Lieut.-Colonel, 3d Infantry, Apr. 15, 1851)
N. M., 1853, -- conducting
recruits to New Mexico, 1854, -- Ft. Fillmore, N. M., 1854-56, -- Ft. Thorn,
N. M., 1856-57, -- in command of Southern column of Gila Expedition, May 1
to July 26, 1857, being engaged in the Combat of June 27, 1857, on Gila
River, north of Mount Turnbull, N. M., -- Ft. Fillmore, N. M. 1857-58, -- in
command of Navajo Expedition, N. M., Sep.-Dec., 1858, -- and Albuquerque, N.
M., 1858-59; in garrison at St. Louis, Mo., 1859-60, -- and Jefferson
Barracks,
(Colonel, 2d Infantry, Jan. 19, 1859)
Mo., 1860; and on frontier
duty at Ft. Kearny, Neb., 1860-61, -- and Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1861.
Served during the
Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-62; in the defense of Washington, D.
C., July, 1861; in the Manassas Campaign of July, 1861, being in command of
the Reserve at the Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861; on leave of absence
and awaiting orders, July 26, 1861, to Mar. 8, 1862; in command of Brigade
guarding Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and in Defense of Harper’s Ferry, Va.,
Mar. 8 to Sep. 16, 1862, when he was Mortally Wounded.
Died of Wounds, Sep. 16,
1862, at Harper’s Ferry, Va.: Aged 58.
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