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1096……..(Born Vt.)
Israel B. Richardson
(Ap’d Vt.)…………38
Military History.
– Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1836, to July 1, 1841, when he was
graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d
Infantry, July 1, 1841.
Second Lieut., 3d Infantry,
Sep. 30, 1841.
Served: in the
Florida War, 1841-42; in garrison at Ft. Stanbury, Fla., 1842, -- and
Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1842-43; on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup (Camp
Wilkins), La., 1843-44, 1845; in 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, --
(First Lieut., 3d Infantry, Sep. 21, 1846)
Siege of Very Cruz, Mar.
9-29, 1847, -- Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17-18, 1847, -- Skirmish of
Ocalaca, Aug. 16, 1847, -- Battle of Contreras, Aug. 19-20,
(Bvt. Capt., Aug. 20, 1847,
for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battles of Contreras
and Churubusco, Mex.)
1847, -- Battle of
Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Storming of Chapultepec, Sep. 13, 1847, and
Assault and Capture of the City of Mexico, Sep. 13-14, 1847;
(Bvt. Major, Sep. 13, 1847, for Gallant and
Meritorious Condct in the Battle of Chapultepec, Merx.)
in garrison at East
Pascagoula, Mis., 1848; and on frontier duty at San Antonio, Tex., 1848-49,
-- March to El Paso, 1849, -- Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1849, -- Scouting, 1849, --
Ft. bliss, Tex., 1850, -- conducting Recruits to Texas, 1851, -- Ft.
Fillmore, N. M., 1851-52, -- Ft. Webster, N. M.,
(Captain, 3d Infantry, Mar. 5, 1851)
1852, -- Ft. Fillmore, N.
M., 1852-53, -- Ft. Webster, N. M., 1853-54, -- and Ft. Thorn, N. M., 1854.
Resigned, Sep. 30, 1855.
Civil History. –
Farmer, Pontiac, Mich., 1855-61.
Military History.
– Served during the rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-62: in command
of Regiment, May 25, to July 2, 1861, and of
(Colonel, 2d Michigan Volunteers, May 25,
1861)
Brigade, July 2, 1861, to
Mar. 14, 1862, in the defenses of Washington,
(Brig.-General, U. S.
Volunteers, May 17, 1861)
D. C., and the Manassas
Campaign of July, 1861, being engaged in the Battle of Bull Run, July 21,
1861; in command of Division (Army of the Potomac), in the Virginia
Peninsular Campaign, Mar. to Aug. 1862, being engaged in the Siege of
Yorktown, Apr. 5 to May 4, 1862, -- Battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862, --
Battle of Fair Oaks, June 1, 1862, -- and the Seven Days’ Operations before
Richmond, including the Battle of Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; and in the
Maryland campaign (Army of the Potomac),
(Major-General, U. S. Volunteers, July 4,
1862)
Sep., 1862, being engaged
in the Battle of South Mountain, Sep. 14, 1862, -- and Battle of Antietam,
Sep. 17, 1862, where he was Mortally Wounded.
Died of Wounds, Nov. 3,
1862, at Sharpsburg, Md.: Aged 47.
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