Brigadier General, United States Army He was commissioned a First Lieutenant, Engineers, June 13, 1864, and advanced through the grades to Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, February 5, 1897, and to Brigadier General, January 22, 1904. He retired at his own request after 40 years of service, January 23, 1904. During the Civil War he served in the Division of West Mississippi and the Department of Louisiana. He was in charge of the defense of Natchez, acting chief engineer 16th Army Corps at Siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama, and as Chief Engineer, Army of Observation on the Rio Grande, Texas, June-August 1865. He was in charge of the defense of Washington, DC during the Spanish-American War, 1898.
Brigadier General, United States Army He was commissioned a First Lieutenant, Engineers, June 13, 1864, and advanced through the grades to Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army, February 5, 1897, and to Brigadier General, January 22, 1904. He retired at his own request after 40 years of service, January 23, 1904. During the Civil War he served in the Division of West Mississippi and the Department of Louisiana. He was in charge of the defense of Natchez, acting chief engineer 16th Army Corps at Siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama, and as Chief Engineer, Army of Observation on the Rio Grande, Texas, June-August 1865. He was in charge of the defense of Washington, DC during the Spanish-American War, 1898.
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