"Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. " by George Washington Cullum, published 1891
"...(Born Mas.)...RICHARD H ASHLEY...(Ap'd Mas.)
Second Lieut., Reg. of Artillerists, Mar. 1, 1811
Capt., Staff - Asst. Dep. Quartermaster-Gen., Apr. 11, 1813
First Lieut., Reg. of Artillerists, May 20 to Dec. 31, 1813
Second Lieut., 5th Infantry, July 30 1817
Resigned, Mar. 10, 1819
Military History - Cadet of the Military Academy, Apr. 14, 1809, to Mar. 1, 1811, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army.
Served: at Ft. Wolcott, R. I., 1811-12; and in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, on Quartermaster duty, and in garrison at Fort Adams, Newport, R. I. Disbanded, June 15, 1815. Re-appointed in the United States Army July 30, 1817. Served in garrison at Detroit, Mich., 1817; and on the Canada Frontier, 1817-19.
Civil History - Principal of a Classical School at Canaan Four Corners, Columbia County, N. Y., 1822-56. Degree of A. M. conferred by Union College, N.Y., 1832. Died, Feb. 5, 1856, at Canaan Four Corners, N. Y."
"Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. " by George Washington Cullum, published 1891
"...(Born Mas.)...RICHARD H ASHLEY...(Ap'd Mas.)
Second Lieut., Reg. of Artillerists, Mar. 1, 1811
Capt., Staff - Asst. Dep. Quartermaster-Gen., Apr. 11, 1813
First Lieut., Reg. of Artillerists, May 20 to Dec. 31, 1813
Second Lieut., 5th Infantry, July 30 1817
Resigned, Mar. 10, 1819
Military History - Cadet of the Military Academy, Apr. 14, 1809, to Mar. 1, 1811, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army.
Served: at Ft. Wolcott, R. I., 1811-12; and in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, on Quartermaster duty, and in garrison at Fort Adams, Newport, R. I. Disbanded, June 15, 1815. Re-appointed in the United States Army July 30, 1817. Served in garrison at Detroit, Mich., 1817; and on the Canada Frontier, 1817-19.
Civil History - Principal of a Classical School at Canaan Four Corners, Columbia County, N. Y., 1822-56. Degree of A. M. conferred by Union College, N.Y., 1832. Died, Feb. 5, 1856, at Canaan Four Corners, N. Y."
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