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806……..(Born Va.)
George G. Waggaman
(Ap’d D. C.)……21
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1831, to July 1, 1835,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st
Artillery, July 1, 1835.
Served: in the
Florida War, 1835-36; on Recruiting service, 1837;
(Second Lieut., 1st
Artillery, Mar. 31, 1836)
at the Military Academy,
1837-41, as Asst. Instructor of Infantry Tactics,
(First Lieut., 1st
Artillery, Feb. 15, 1838)
Aug. 29, 1837, to Feb. 17,
1839, -- and as Adjutant, Feb. 17, 1839, to July 1, 1841; in garrison at Ft.
Constitution, N. H., 1841; on Northern Frontier, at Plattsburg, N. Y., 1841,
during Canada Border
(Captain, Staff –
Commissary of Subsistence, Dec. 2, 1841)
Disturbances; on
Commissary duty in Florida, 1842, -- and at New York city, 1842-45; as
Member of the Board of Visitors to the U. S. Military Academy, 1844; as
Chief of Commissariat of the “Army of Occupation” commanded by Major-General
Taylor, in Texas and in the War with Mexico, Aug. 6, 1845, to Jan. 8, 1847,
being present at the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, -- Battle of
Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, -- and Battle of Monterey,
(Bvt. Major, Sep. 23,
1846, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battles of Palo
Alto and Resaca-de-la-Palma, Tex., and Monterey, Mex.)
Sep. 21-23, 1846; and as
depot Commissary at New York city
(Captain, 1st
Artillery, Mar. 3, 1847; Vacated, Mar. 3, 1847)
1847-48, -- New Orleans,
La., 1848-52, -- and St. Louis, Mo., 1852-61.
Resigned, May 10, 1861.
Civil History. –
Wholesale Grocer at St. Louis, Mo., 1861-84.
Died, Sep. 9, 1884, at St.
Louis, Mo.: Aged 69.
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