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649…….(Born N. Y.)
Edmund A. Ogden
(Ap’d N. Y.)………21
Military History. -- Cadet
at the Military Academy, July 1, 1827, to July 1, 1831, when he was
graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Infantry,
July 1, 1831.
Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, July
1, 1831.
Served: on frontier duty at
Ft. Crawford, Wis., 1831-32; in the “Black Hawk” War against the Sac
Indians, 1832, being engaged in the Battle of Bad Axe River, Aug. 2, 1832;
on frontier duty at Ft. Armstrong, Ill., 1832-33, -- Ft. Crawford, Wis.,
1833-34, -- Ft. Snelling, Min., 1834-36,
(First Lieut., 1st Infantry, Dec.
17, 1836)
1836-37, -- and Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1837;
in the Florida War, 1837-38; on Recruiting service, 1838; and on
Quartermaster duty at
(Transferred to 8th Infantry, July
7, 1838)
(Capt., Staff – Asst. Quartermaster, July 7,
1838)
Buffalo, N. Y., 1833-40, during Canada Border
Disturbances, -- in the
(Captain, 8th Infantry, Dec. 1,
1839, to June 18, 1846)
Florida War, at Tampa Bay, 1840-42, --
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1842, -- Ft. Towson, I. T., 1842, -- Ft. King,
Fla., 1843, -- Key West, Fla., constructing barracks, 1843-44, 1844-45, --
in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46, -- in the War with Mexico,
1846-47, -- Louisville, Ky., fitting
(Bvt. Major, May 30, 1848, for Meritorious
Conduct)
out Volunteers for the War with Mexico, 1847,
-- Cincinnati, O., 1847-49, -- Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1849-52, -- and Ft.
Riley, Kan., 1855.
Died, Aug. 3, 1855, at Ft. Riley, Kan.: Aged
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