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419…….(Born N.
J.)
William R. Montgomery
(Ap’d N. J.)………28
Military History.
– Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1821, to July 1, 1825, when he was
graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d
Infantry, July 1, 1825.
Second Lieut., 3d Infantry,
July 1, 1825.
Served: in
garrison t Ft. Howard, Wis., 1826, -- and Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1826-27;
on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1827-28, -- Jefferson Barracks,
Mo., 1829-30, -- Choctaw Nation, 1830-31, -- and Ft. Jesup, La., 1831-32; on
Recruiting service, 1832; on Commissary duty (subsisting Indians), 1832-33;
on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup,
(First Lieut., 3d Infantry, Aug. 31, 1833)
La., 1833-35; on Recruiting
service, 1835-37; on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1837-38; on Recruiting
service, 1838; on Northern Frontier during Canada Border Disturbances, at
Swanton, Vt., 1838, -- Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., 1838, -- Ft. Covington, N.
Y., 1838-39, -- Ogdensburg,
(Captain, 8th
Infantry, July 7, 1838)
N. Y., 1839, -- and
Recruiting, 1839-40; in garrison at Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., 1840, -- and
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1849; in the Florida War 1840-42; in garrison at
Ft. Brooke, Fla., 1843-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the
War with Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8,
1846, -- and Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, where he was
wounded; on Recruiting service, 1846-47; in the War
(Bvt. Major, May 9, 1846, for Gallant Conduct
in the Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca-de-la-Palma, Tex.)
with Mexico, 1847-48, being
engaged in the Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17-18, 1847, -- Capture of San
Antonio, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of Churubusco, Aug. 20-1847, -- Battle of
Molino del Rey, Sep. 8, 1847, where he was wounded in the Assault of the
enemy’s works, --
(Bvt. Lieut.-Col, Sep. 8, 1847, for Gallant
and Meritorious Conduct in the Battle of Molino del Rey, Mex.)
Storming of Chapultepec,
Sep. 13, 1847, -- and Assault and Capture of the City of Mexico, Sep. 13-14,
1847; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1848-49; on frontier duty at
Austin, Tex., 1849, -- and Ft. Gates, Tex., 1849-50; on Recruiting service,
1850-53; on frontier duty at Ft.
(Major, 2d Infantry, Dec. 7, 1852)
Chadbourne, Tex., 1853; on
Recruiting service, 1853-54; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1854;
and on frontier duty at Ft. Riley, Kan., 1854-55, -- Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.,
1855, -- Ft. Pierre, Dak., 1855, -- and Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1855.
Dismissed, Dec. 8, 1855,
For “appropriating a
portion of the Military Reserve at Ft. Riley, Kan., to the uses of the
Pawnee Association for a town site, he being interested in that Association.
Served during the
Rebellion of the Seceding states, 1861-64: in the
(Colonel, 1st N.
J. Volunteers, May 17, 1861)
(Brig.-General, U. S.
Volunteers, May 17, 1861)
defenses of Washington, D.
C. and as Military Governor of Alexandria, Va., -- and at Philadelphia, Pa.,
Apr. 4, 1862, to Mar. 2, 1863; in waiting orders at Cairo, Ill., Mar. to
Oct., 1863; on Military Commission at Memphis, Ten., Oct. 16, 1863, to Mar.
15, 1864; and on leave of absence, Mar. 15 to Apr. 4, 1864.
Resigned, Apr. 4, 1864.
Died, May 31, 1871, at
Bristol, Pa.: Aged 70.
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