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1270……..(Born Ind.)
Thomas G. Pitcher
(Ap’d Ind.)………40
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1841, to July 1, 1845,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 5th
Infantry, July 1, 1845.
Served: in the
Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico, 1846-48,
being engaged in the battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, -- Battle of
Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, -- Battle of Monterey, Sep. 21-23, 1846, --
Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9-29, 1847, -- Battle of
(Second Lieut., 8th
Infantry, Sep. 21, 1846)
Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17-18,
1847, -- Capture of San Antonio, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of Churubusco,
Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of Molino del Rey
(Bvt. First Lieut., Aug.
20, 1847, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battles of
Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)
Sep. 8, 1847, -- 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; as
Quartermaster, 8th Infantry, Oct. 2, 1848, to July 9, 1849, --
Adjutant, 8th Infantry, July 9, 1849, to July 1,
(First Lieut., 8th
Infantry, June 26, 1849)
1854, -- and
Quartermaster, July 1, 1854, to Mar. 5, 1857; and on frontier duty at San
Antonio, Tex., 1849-50, 1850-51, -- Ft. Martin Scott, Tex., 1851-52, -- Camp
Johnston, Tex., 1852, -- Ft. McKavett, Tex., 1852, -- Ft. Chadbourne, Tex.,
1853, -- Ringgold Barracks, Tex., 1853, -- Ft. Davis, Tex., 1854-57, -- as
Depot Commissary at San Antonio, Tex.,
(Captain, 8th
Infantry, Oct. 19, 1858)
1857-59, -- Ft. Smith,
Ark., 1859, -- and Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1860.
Served during
the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-66: in Defense of Harper’s
Ferry, June, 1862; in the Virginia Campaign, June to Aug., 1862, being
engaged in the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862,
(Bvt. Major, Aug. 9, 1862, for Gallant and
Meritorious Services at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.)
Where he was severely
wounded; on sick leave of absence, disabled by wound, Aug. 9, 1862, to Jan.
10, 1863; on Commissary duty in New York,
(Brig.-General, U. S. Volunteers, Nov. 29,
1862)
Feb. 10 to June 1, 1863;
and as Assistant to Provost Marshal General in
(Major, 16th
Infantry, Sep. 19, 1863)
Vermont, June 1, 1863, to
Oct. 7, 1864, -- and to Provost Marshal
(Bvt. Lieut.-Col., and Bvt.
Colonel, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Gallant and
Meritorious Services during the Rebellion)
(Bvt. Brig.-General, U. S.
Army, Mar. 13, 1865, for Gallant and
Meritorious Services in
the Field During the Rebellion)
(Mustered Out of Volunteer
Service, Apr. 30, 1866)
(Colonel, 44th
Infantry, July 28, 1866)
General in Indiana, Oct.
7, 1864, to Aug. 18, 1866.
Served: as
Superintendent of the U. S. Military Academy, Aug. 28,
(Unassigned, Mar. 15, 1869)
1866, to Sep. 1, 1870; as
Governor of the Soldiers’ Home, near
(Assigned to 1st
Infantry, Dec. 15, 1870)
Washington, D. C., Sep. 1,
1870, to July 1, 1877; on leave of absence, July 1, 1877, to Mar. 28, 1878;
on Court Martial at Omaha, Neb., to May 9, 1878; and on leave of absence to
June 28, 1878.
Retired from Active
Service, June 28, 1878, for Disability Contracted in the Line of Duty. |
