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785…….(Born Pa.)
Alexander
Montgomery
(Ap’d Pa.)…………36
Military History.
– Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1830, to July 1, 1834, when he was
graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 1, 1834.
Served: on
frontier duty t Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1834-35, -- Ft. Kawassee,
(Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Dec. 3, 1835)
I.T., 1836, -- and Cherokee
Nation, 1837-38; in the Florida War, 1839;
(First Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 7, 1838)
on Recruiting service,
1839-40; in the Florida War, 1840-42; in garrison at Pensacola Harbor, Fla.,
1842-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; and on Quartermaster duty
in the War with Mexico, 1846-48,
(Capt., Staff – Asst.
Quartermaster, May 11, 1846)
(Captain, 7th
Infantry, Feb. 16, 1847: Vacated, Feb. 16, 1847)
closing accounts at
Washington, D. C., 1848-49, -- Ft. Smith, Ark., 1849-54, -- Tampa Bay, Fla.,
1854-56, -- and Ft. Smith, Ark., 1857-61.
Served during the
Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-63; 1865-66: on Quartermaster duty,
at Indianapolis, Ind., 1861-62, -- and Pittsburg,
(Major, Staff – Quartermaster, May 17, 1861)
Pa., 1862-63; in waiting
orders, 1863…and 1864-65; in mustering out Hospital Patients at Cleveland,
O., May 10 to July 26, 1865; as Acting Asst. Commissary of Musters at
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 26, 1865, to Feb. 3, 1866; in waiting orders, Feb. 3 to
Sep. 3, 1866.
Served: as Chief
Quartermaster of the Department of Arkansas, Oct. 3, 1866, to Feb. 26, 1867;
on Northern Frontier, Apr. 4, to Nov. 1867; in charge of the Fourth
Quartermaster District, Department of the East, Nov., 1867, to Dec., 1869,
and of the Second District, Dec., 1869, to July, 1870; on Quartermaster duty
at Buffalo, N. Y., July, 1870, to June 12, 1872; as Chief Quartermaster,
Second District Department
(Lieut.-Colonel, Staff – Deputy
Quartermaster-General, June 6, 1872)
of the East, June 16, 1872,
to Oct. 4, 1873; and in settling his accounts, Oct. 15, 1873, to Jan. 15,
1874.
Retired from Active
Service, Jan. 15, 1874, on his Own Application,
After 30 Consecutive Years
of Service.
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