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274…….(Born
Ct.)
John B. Scott
(Ap’d Ct.)………13
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, Oct. 1, 1817, to July 1, 1821,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th
Artillery, July 1, 1821.
Second Lieut., 4th
Artillery, July 1, 1821.
Served: on
Ordnance duty, Oct. 1, 1821, to Aug. 20, 1822; in garrison at St. Augustine,
Fla., 1823-24, -- Ft. Monroe, Va., 1824-26 (Instructor of Mathematics,
Artillery School for Practice, June 23, 1824, to Mar. 27, 1826), --
Savannah, Ga., 1826-27, -- Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1827-28, --
(First Lieut., 4th
Artillery, July 31, 1827)
and Ft. Severn, Md.,
1828-32, 1832-34; on Commissary duty at Baltimore, Md., 1834; on Ordnance
duty, June 4, 1835, to Sep. 26, 1838; in the Florida War, 1838-39; in
garrison at Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1839; at the Camp of Instruction near
Trenton, N. J., 1839; on the Northern Frontier, during Canada Border
Disturbances, at Detroit, Mich., 1839-41, -- and Buffalo, N. Y., 1841-42; in
garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., 1842-45;
(Captain, 4th
Artillery, June 25, 1841)
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,
(Bvt. Major, May 9, 1846,
for Gallant Conduct in the
Battles of Palo Alto and
Resaca-de-la Palma, Tex.)
1846, -- and in command at
the mouth of the Rio Grande, 1847-48; in garrison at Ft. Pickens, Fla.,
1848-49, -- Baton Rouge, La., 1849-50, -- Ft. Washington, Md., 1850-53, --
and Ft. Independence, Mas., 1853-56; in Florida Hostilities against the
Seminole Indians, 1856-57; and on frontier
(Major, 3d Artillery, June
10, 1857)
duty at Ft. Umpqua, Or.,
1857-60.
Died, Nov. 22, 1860, at
San Francisco, Cal.: Aged 59. |
