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1050……….(Born
Ga.)
Henry D. Wallen
(Ap’d Fla.)……….34
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1836, to July 1, 1840,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d
Infantry, July 1, 1840.
Second Lieut., 4th
Artillery, Oct. 4, 1840.
Served: in the
Florida War, 1840-42; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1842-43, 1844;
on frontier duty at Natchitoches, La. (Camp Salubrity), 1844-45, 1845; in
Military Occupation of Texas, 1845, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico, 1846,
being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, where he was wounded,
-- and Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846; on Recruiting service,
1846-47; in the
(First Lieut., 4th
Infantry, Sep. 9, 1846)
War with Mexico, 1848; on
Commissary duty at East Pascagoula, Mis., 1848; on frontier duty at Detroit,
Mich., 1848-50; as Adjutant, 4th Infantry, Feb. 1, 1849, to Jan.
31, 1850; in garrison at Plattsburg, N. Y.
(Captain, 4th
Infantry, Jan. 31, 1850)
1850-52, -- Ft. Columbus,
N. Y., 1852; on frontier duty at Benicia, Cal., 1852, -- Ft. Vancouver,
Wash., 1852-53, -- Ft. Dalles, Or., 1853, -- Ft. Vancouver, Wash., 1853-55,
-- Yakima Expedition, 1855, -- and Ft. Vancouver, Wash., 18557-57; on
Recruiting service, 1858; on frontier duty at Ft. Cascades, Wash., 1858-59,
-- in command of Exploring expedition to Salt Lake, Utah, 1859, -- Ft.
Vancouver, Wash., 1859-60, -- Ft. Cascades, Wash., 1860; on detached service
at Washington, D. C., 1860; on frontier duty at Ft. Cascades, Wash.,
1860-61, -- and Camp Sumner,
(Major, 7th
Infantry, Nov. 25, 1861)
near San Francisco, Cal.,
1861; and on detached service to the Isthmus of Panama, with 30,000 stand of
arms for the Eastern Armies, 1861.
Served during
the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1862-66: in Operations in new Mexico,
commanding battalion, and as Acting Asst. Inspector-General of the
Department of New Mexico, June,
(Bvt. Lieut.-Colonel, and
Bvt. Colonel, Feb. 23, 1865, for
Meritorious Services
Rendered by Him in New Mexico During the Rebellion)
1862, to June, 1864; in
command of regiment at Ft. Schuyler, N. Y., June, 1864,
(Bvt. Brig.-General, U. S.
Army, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Faithful and
Meritorious Services During the Rebellion)
to May, 1865, -- and
commanding 1st Infantry at St. Augustine, Fla., May to Oct.,
1865; in garrison at San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 15, 1865, to
(Lieut.-Colonel, 14th
Infantry, July 30, 1865)
Jan., 1866; in command of
the District of the Gila, Apr. 28 to June 10, 1866, -- and of the District
of Arizona, June 10 to Aug. 11, 1866.
Served: on sick
leave of absence, Aug. 11 to Oct. 24, 1866; in waiting orders and on leave
of absence, Oct. 24, 1866, to Mar. 1, 1867; in command of Ft. Columbus
Recruiting depot, N. Y., Mar. 6, 1867, to May 5, 1869; awaiting orders, May
to Oct., 1869; on Special Duty at Headquarters
(Unassigned, Mar. 15,
1869)
of the Department of the
East, Oct. 16, 1869, to Aug. 18, 1870; in command of 18th
Infantry, headquarters Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 25 to Nov. 3, 1870; on duty at
headquarters, Department of the East, Nov.,
(Assigned to 8th
Infantry, Dec. 15, 1870)
1870, to Jan. 27, 1871,
and with regiment, Feb. 3, 1871, to July 5, 1872; on Courts Martial,
1871-72; on Yellowstone Expedition, July 26 to Oct. 18, 1872, -- and at
Omaha Barracks, Nebraska, to Nov. 20, 1872; on leave of absence to Dec. 23,
1872; commanding battalion of regiment to
(Colonel, 2d Infantry,
Feb. 19, 1873)
Mar. 2, 1873, -- and
commanding regiment, Dec. 1, 1873, to Jan. 29, 1874.
Retired from Active
Service, Feb. 18, 1871, For Disability Contracted in the Line of Duty.
Died, Dec. 2, 1886, at New
York city: Aged 68.
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