Military officer; born in
New London, N. H., Dec. 16, 1812; graduated at the United States Military Academy and commissioned second lieutenant of artillery in 1836; later transferred to the engineer corps; promoted captain in 1853 and major in 1861.
He served in the
Civil War in the defence of the national capital and in the engineering work of the Army of the Potomac; and later was superintendent of the engineering operations against
Yorktown and
Richmond.
He received the brevet of brigadier-general for gallantry in the
battle of Fredericksburg, for throwing
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bridges across the
Rappahannock in face of the enemy.
He was made commandant at
Key West, Fla., in 1863, where he died of yellow fever in 1864.
