470………(Born O.)
Ebenezer S. Sibley
(Ap’d Mich.)……..1
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1823, to July 1, 1827,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut. Of
Artillery, July 1, 1827.
Second Lieut., 1st
Artillery, July 1, 1827.
Served: in
garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), 1827-29, --
Ft. Independence, Mas., 1828, -- Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1828, -- and Ft.
Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice), 1828-29; on Engineer duty,
Apr. 4, 1829, to Jan. 25, 1836; in the Florida War, 1836;
(First Lieut., 1st
Artillery, Mar. 6, 1834)
on Engineer duty, Sep.
7, 1836, to Nov. 20, 1836; on Indian duty, May 3, 1837, to Apr. 20, 1838;
as Aide-de-Camp to Bvt. Brig.-General Brady, Jan. to July 7, 1838; on
Quartermaster duty at Savannah, Ga., 1838-40,
(Capt., Staff – Asst.-Quartermaster, July 7,
1838)
in the Florida War,
1840-42, -- at Savannah, Ga., 1842-44, -- Houlton, Me., 1844-45, -- Boston
Harbor, Mas., 1845, -- Military Occupation of Texas,
(Captain, First Artillery, Aug. 31, 1844, to
June 18, 1846)
1845-46, -- in the War
with Mexico, 1846-48, being engaged in the Battle of Buena Vista, Feb.
22-23, 1847, and in collecting Internal Customs,
(Bvt. Major, Feb. 23,
1847, for Gallant and
Meritorious Conduct in
the Battle of Buena Vista, Mex.)
1847-48, -- at Detroit,
Mich., 1848-51, -- as Chief Quartermaster of the department of New Mexico,
1851-53, -- Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1854-57, -- and as Asst. in the
Quartermaster-General’s Office at
(Major, Staff – Quartermaster, Dec. 22,
1856)
Washington, D. C.,
1857-61.
Served during
the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-64: as Principal
(Bvt. Lieut.-Col., May
6, 1861)
(Bvt. Colonel, June 12,
1861)
Assistant to the
Quartermaster-General at Washington D. C.,
(Lieut.-Col., Staff – Dep.
Quartermaster-Gen., Aug. 3, 1861)
Apr. 12, 1861, to Apr.
15, 1864.
Resigned, Apr. 15, 1864.
Civil History.
– Vice-president, at New York, of Grand Portage Copper Company, 1864-84;
and of Lake Superior Silver-Lead Company, 1864-84.
Died, Aug. 14 ,
1884, at Detroit, Mich.: Aged 79.
