A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in 1868, he served in the Calvary in the Indian Campaigns until 1888. It was a column under his command that first to arrive at Little Big Horn after Custer's defeat in 1876. He entered real estate, but in 1889 he was persuaded to organize a cavalry for the State militia in New York, Troop A. In 1895 it became Squadron A, with two troops. When the National Guard reorganized in 1898, Gov. Black appointed him Major General, in charge of all citizen soldiers in the state of New York, until 1912.
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in 1868, he served in the Calvary in the Indian Campaigns until 1888. It was a column under his command that first to arrive at Little Big Horn after Custer's defeat in 1876. He entered real estate, but in 1889 he was persuaded to organize a cavalry for the State militia in New York, Troop A. In 1895 it became Squadron A, with two troops. When the National Guard reorganized in 1898, Gov. Black appointed him Major General, in charge of all citizen soldiers in the state of New York, until 1912.
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