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1941 .. (Born Pa.) ... ALFRED MORDECAI"' ... (Ap'd at Large.) .. 9 Military History. - Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1,1857, to June 24, 1861, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to BVT. SECOND LIEUT., Top. ENGINEERS, JUNE 24,1861. Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861-65: in drilling Volunteers at Washington, D. C., June 25 to July 9,1861 ; as Acting Asst. Adjutant-General of Brigade, July 9 to Aug. 31, 1861, in the Defenses of 'Washington and the Manassas Campaign, being engaged in the Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861 ; at the Military Academy, as Asst.
Professor of Mathematics, Sep. 4, 1861, to June 28, 1862; as Inspector (TRANSFERRED TO ORDNANCE, OCT. 23, 1861) of Ordnance at the West Point Foundry, N. Y ., June 28, 1862, to June 1, (FIRST LIEUT., ORDNANCE, MAR. 3, 1863)
1863; as Asst. Ordnance Officer, June 11 to July 3, 1863, Acting Chief of Ordnance,. July 3 to Sep. 22, 1863, and Chief of Ordnance, Sep. 22, 1863, to Apr. 22, 1864, Department of the South, being engaged in the Operations against Charleston, S. C., comprising the Descent upon Morris Island, July 10, - Bombardment of Ft. Sumter, Aug. 17-23, and Nov. 1-10,-and Siege of Ft. Wagner, July 10 to Sep.7, 1863; as (BVT. MAJOR, SEP. 7, 1863, FOR GALLANT AND MERITORIOUS SERVICES AT THE SIEGE OF FT. WAGNER, S. C.) Chief of Ordnance, Army of the James, May 5 to Sep. 2,1864; as Asst. Ordnance Officer at Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., Sep.7-17, 1864; as Acting Chief of Ordnance, Department and Army of the Tennessee, Oct. 22 to Nov. 6, 1864; as Chief of Ordnance Department and Army of the Ohio, Oct. 23 to Nov. 7,1864; as Senior and Supervising Ordnance Officer of the Army of the Cumberland, Nov. 7, 1864, to June 24,1865 ; and as Chief of Ordnance, Department of the Cumberland, :Nov. 28, 1864, to June 24, 1865, -and of the Military Division of the Tennessee, (BVT. LIEUT.-COL., MAR. 13, 1865, FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICES IN THE FIELD, AND FAITHFUL AND MERITORIOUS SERVICES IN THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT DURING THE REBELLION) June 24 to July 10, 1865. Served at the Military Academy as Instructor of Ordnance and Gunnery, July 12, 1865, to Aug. 2, 1869; as Assistant Ordnance Officer at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., Aug. 2, 1869, to Aug. 12, 1870; in command of Leavenworth Arsenal, Kan., and Chief Ordnance Officer of Department of the Missouri, Aug. 12, 1870, to May 28, 1874; as Assistant Ordnance Officer at Watertown Arsenal, Mas., June 6 to July 25, 1874; at
the Military Academy, as Instructor of Ordnance and Gunnery, Aug. 30, 1874, to Aug. 28, 1881; and as Member of Board on new Cavalry Outfit, Nov. 29, 1873, to May 5, 1874, - and to examine Officers for transfer to .Ordnance Department, Mar. 11 to July 22, 1875, and Apr. 1-7, 1876, of Ordnance Board, Aug. 28 to Nov. 2, 1881, and since May 24, 1886
(also for testing rifled cannon), and of Board of Ordnance and Fortification, since Oct. 25, 1888; in command of Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1881, to May 24, 1886, - and of New York Arsenal, May 25 to Jan. 30, 1886, and since Jan. 10, 1887.
from Cullum, G. W., Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the USMA at West Point, N.Y., from its establishment in 1802 to 1890, with the early history of the USMA.
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