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Capt Richard Henry Ashley

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Capt Richard Henry Ashley Veteran

Birth
Death
16 Feb 1856 (aged 68–69)
Burial
Canaan, Columbia County, New York, USA Add to Map
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"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."
Info from: Graves
"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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Massachusetts
Capt US Army
War of 1812



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