626……….(Born Md.)                     Richard H. Ross                         (Ap’d Md.)……40

          Military History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1826, to July 1, 1830, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 7^th Infantry, July 1, 1830.

Second Lieut., 7^th Infantry, July 1, 1830.

          Served:  on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1831, -- Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1831-32, -- Seneca Nation, 1832-33, subsisting Indians, -- and Ft. Gibson, I. T.,

(First Lieut., 7^th Infantry, June 1, 1835)

1833-38; on Recruiting service, 1838-40; in the Florida War,</