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184……..(Born D. C.)
Samuel
Ringgold (Ap’d Md.)…….5
Military History.
– Cadet at the Military Academy, Dec. 18, 1814, to July 24, 1818, when he
was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., Corps of
Artillery, July 24, 1818.
Served: in
garrison at Ft. Mifflin, Pa., 1818; as acting Aide-de-Camp to Bvt.
Maj.-General Scott, Dec., 1818, to July 2, 1821; on Topographical duty
(Second Lieut., 2d
Artillery, in Re-organization of Army, June 1, 1821)
(Transferred to 3d
Artillery, Aug. 16, 1821)
July 2, to Dec. 14, 1821;
as Aide-de-Camp to Bvt. Maj.-General Scott,
(First Lieut., 3d Artillery, May 8, 1822)
Dec. 14, 1821, to July 12,
1823; in garrison at Ft. Severn, Md., 1824, -- Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery
School for Practice), 1824-26; on Ordnance duty, Apr. 14, 1826, to dec. 23,
1830,m and Mar. 31 to Oct. 31,
(Bvt.-Captain, May 8, 1832, for Faithful
Service Ten Years in One Grade)
1831; in garrison at Ft.
Macon, N. C., 1832-35; on Ordnance duty, Jan. 14, 1835, to Aug. 29, 1836; in
Florida War, 1836-37; in garrison at
(Captain, 3d Artillery, Aug. 31, 1836)
Carlisle Barracks, Pa.,
1838-39; at the Camp of Instruction near Trenton,
(Bvt. Major, Feb. 15, 1838,
for Meritorious Conduct in Activity
and Efficiency in the War
Against the Florida Indians)
N. J., 1839; in garrison at
Ft. McHenry, Md., 1834-43; on detached service at West Point, N. Y., June 17
to Oct. 1843; in garrison at Ft. McHenry, Md., 1843-45; with the “Army of
Occupation” in Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico, 1846, being engaged
in the Battle of Palo Alto, Tex., May 8, 1846, where he was mortally wounded
while gallantly directing the fire of the battery of horse artillery under
his command.
Died of Wounds, May 11,
1846, at Point Isabel, Tex.: Aged 46.
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