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1038……..(Born N. Y.)
Oscar F.
Winship
(Ap’d N. Y.)……….22
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1836, to July 1, 1840,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 2d
Dragoons, July 1, 1840.
Served: at the
Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pa., 1840; in the Florida War,
1840-42; on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1842-44; on Recruiting service,
1844; on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1844;
(First Lieut., 2d Dragoons, Sep. 13, 1844)
on Recruiting service,
1844-45; on frontier duty at Camp Nacogdoches, I. T., 1845; in Military
Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico, 1846-48, as Asst.
Adjutant-General of Brig.-General Pillow’s Brigade, 1846-47, and of
Brig.-General Pierce’s brigade, 1847-48, being engaged in the Battle of Palo
Alto, May 8, 1846, -- Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, -- Battle
of Contreras, Aug. 19-20, 1847, --
(Bvt. Capt., May 9, 1846,
for Gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Battles of
Palo Alto and Resaca-de-la-Palma, Tex.)
(Bvt. Captain, Staff –
Asst. Adjutant-Gen., July 7, 1846)
Battle of Churubusco, Aug.
20, 1847, -- Battle of Molino del Rey, Sep. 8
(Bvt. Maor, Aug. 20, 1847,
for Gallant Conduct at Churubusco, Mex.)
1847, -- and Assault and
Capture of the City of Mexico, Sep. 13-14, 1847;
(Bvt. Major, Staff – Asst.
Adjutant-Gen., Dec. 26, 1847)
as Asst. Adjutant-General
of Eastern Division at Troy, N. Y., June 11,
(Captain, 2d Dragoons,
June 30, 1851)
1849, to Sep. 26, 1853, --
of Western Department, at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Jan. 6, 1854, to mar. 31,
1855, being on a tour of Inspection of Northwestern posts, Apr. 19 to Oct.
10, 1854, -- of Sioux Expedition, Apr. 3 to Oct. 24, 1855, and of Western
Department, Nov. 29 to Dec. 13, 1855.
Civil History. –
Translator, with Lieut. E. E. McLean of Jomini’s “Precis de l’Art de la
Guerre,” 1853.
Died, Dec. 13, 1855, at
Troy, N. Y.: Aged 38. |
