830……..(Born N. Y.)
Isaac V. D.
Reeve
(Ap’d N. Y.)………….45
Military History.
– Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1831, to July 1, 1835, when he was
graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th
Infantry, July 1, 1835.
Served: in garrison at the
Bay of St. Louis, Mis., 1835, -- New Orleans, La., 1835, -- and Ft. Pike,
La., 1835-36; in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians
(Second Lieut., 4th
Infantry, May 2, 1836)
1836-37, being engaged in
the Skirmishes at Camp Izard, Feb. 27, 28, 29, and Mar. 5, 1836, -- and
Combat of Thlonotosassa Creek, Apr. 27, 1836; on Recruiting service, 1838;
on the Northern Frontier during
(First Lieut., 8th
Infantry, July 7, 1838)
Canada Border Disturbances,
at Ft. Covington, N. Y., 1838-39, -- Ogdensburg, N. Y., 1839, -- Sackett’s
Harbor, N. Y., 1839, -- Recruiting, 1839, -- and Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y.,
1840; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1840; in the Florida War
against the Seminole Indians, 1840-42, being engaged in the Rout of Halleck
Tustennuggee’s Band in the Big Hammock of Pilaklikaha, Apr. 19, 1842; in
garrison at Ft. Shannon, Fla., 1842-43, -- and Key West, Fla., 1843-44; on
Recruiting service, 1844; in garrison at Key West, Fla., 1844-45; 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; on Recruiting service, 1846-47, -- in the
War with Mexico
(Captain, 8th
Infantry, June 18, 1847)
1847-48, being engaged in
the Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9-29, 1847, -- Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr.
17-18, 1847, -- Capture of San Antonio, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of
Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of
(Bvt. Major, Aug. 20, 1847, for Gallant
Conduct in the Battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)
Molino del Rey, Sep. 8,
1847, -- Storming of Chapultepec, Sep. 13, 1847,
(Bvt. Lieut.-Col., Sep. 8,
1847, for Gallant and
Meritorious Conduct in the
Battle of Molino del Rey, Mex.)
and Assault and Capture of
the City of Mexico, Sep. 13-14, 1847; on frontier duty at Port Lavaca, Tex.,
1848, -- San Antonio, Tex., 1849, -- in command of Expedition against Pinal
Apache Indians, 1849-50, -- San Antonio, Tex., 1850-52, -- and Ft. McKavett,
Tex., 1852; on Recruiting service, 1853-55; and on frontier duty at Ft.
Stanton, N. M., 1855, -- Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1855-56, 1856-57, -- Ft. Stanton,
N. M., 1857-59, -- Ft. Buchanan, N. M., 1859, -- in command of Pinal Apache
Expedition, 1859, -- Ft. Breckenridge, N. M., 1860-61, -- and at San
Antonio, Tex., 1861,
(Major, 1st
Infantry, May 14, 1861)
near which, by the
treachery of Major-General Twiggs, he was made Prisoner of War, May 9, 1861,
and not exchanged till Aug. 20, 1862.
Served during the
Rebellion of the Seceding states, 1862-66: as Chief Mustering and
Disbursing Officer, New York city, Aug. 23, 1862, to Oct. 25, 1863;
(Lieut.-Colonel, 13th
Infantry, Sep. 16, 1862)
in command of Draft
Rendezvous, Pitsburg, Pa., Sep. 10, 1864, to Oct. 13, 1865; and in command
of regiment at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
(Colonel, 13th
Infantry, Oct. 14, 1864)
Nov., 1865, to Feb., 1866,
-- and of District of Kansas, Feb. to Apr. 21, 1866.
Served: in
command of the District of Upper Missouri, May 1, 1866, to July 5, 1867, --
of District of Sun River, July-Aug., 1867, -- and of Montana, Aug. 7, 1867,
to May 15, 1868; on leave of absence, May to Nov. 1868; as Member of
Retiring Board, at. Louis, Mo., Nov. 14, 1868,
(Unassigned, Mar. 15, 1869)
to Apr. 26, 1869; and as
Superintendent of General Recruiting Service, Apr. 26, 1869, to Jan. 1,
1871.
Retired from Active
Service, Dec. 15, 1860,
on his own Application,
After 30 Years of Continuous Service.
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