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411……(Born Va.)
Washington
Seawell
(Ap’d Va.)………20
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1821, to July 1, 1825,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 1, 1825.
Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 1, 1825.
Served: on
frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1826-29; on Engineer duty, Aug. 6, 1829, to
Nov. 20, 1831; as Disbursing Indian Agent, June 28, 1832, to Aug. 20, 1834;
on frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T.,
(First Lieut., 1st
Dragoons, Mar. 4, 1833: Declined)
(First Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 12, 1833)
1834; as Aide-de-Camp to
Bvt. Brig.-General Arbuckle, Nov. 5, 1834, to may 5, 1836, being Secretary
to the Board of Indian Commissioners West, 1835-36;
(Captain, 7th
Infantry, July 31, 1836)
on frontier duty at Ft.
Gibson, I. T., 1836-38, -- Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1836, -- and Ft. Gibson,
I. T., 1838-39; in the Florida War, 1839; on sick leave of absence, 1839-41;
in the Florida War, 1841; in transferring Indians, 1841-42; in the Florida
War, 1842, in charge of Indian
(Bvt. Major, July 18,
1841, for Meritorious and
Successful Services in the
War Against the Florida Indians)
Affairs; in garrison at
Ft. Brooke, Fla., 1842-43; on Special duty, 1843 and 1844; in garrison at
Baton Rouge, La., 1844, -- Pass Christian, Mis., 1845-46; in the War with
Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Defense of Ft. Brown, Tex., May 3-9,
1846; on Recruiting service, 1846-47; on Commissary duty, 1847; in garrison
at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1848,
(Major, 2d Infantry, Mar. 3, 1847)
Ft. Hamilton, N. Y., 1848,
-- and Benicia, Cal., 1849-52; and on frontier duty at Ft. Chadbourne, Tex.,
1853, -- Ringgold Barracks, Tex.,
(Lieut.-Colonel, 8th
Infantry, Feb. 23, 1852)
1853-54, -- Ft. Davis,
Tex., 1854-59, -- in command of the Department of Texas, Dec. 10, 1859, to
Oct. 17, 1860 (headquarters at San Antonio
(Colonel, 6th
Infantry, Oct. 17, 1860)
Tex., 1859-60, -- and Ft.
Davis, Tex., 1860), -- and at Benicia, Cal., 1861.
Retired from Active
Service, Feb. 20, 1862,
For Disability Resulting
from Exposure in the Line of Duty.
Served during
the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1862-66: as Chief Mustering and
Disbursing Officer for the State of Kentucky, Mar., 1862, to Sep., 1863; as
Chief Mustering and Disbursing Officer for the Department of the Pacific,
Oct. 15, 1863, to Jan. 12, 1864, and Nov., 1865, to Feb., 1869; as
Commissary of Musters and Superintendent of Recruiting
(Bvt. Brig.-General, U. S. Army, mar. 13,
1865, for Long and Faithful Service in the Army)
Service of the department
of the Pacific, Oct. 15, 1863, to July 27, 1865, -- and of the department of
California, July 27, 1865, to Mar. 1869, -- and Acting Asst. Provost Marshal
General at San Francisco, Cal., Nov., 1865, to June, 1866.
Died, Jan. 8, 1888, at San
Francisco, Cal.: Aged 86. |
