Springfield, Mass., Feb. 20, 1821.
Cadet, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1838, to July 1, 1842. Brevet Second Lieutenant, 2d U. S. Infantry, July 1, 1842. Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry, Feb. 27, 1843. Regimental Adjutant, Jan. 1, 1846, to Oct. 1, 1849. Brevet First Lieutenant, Aug. 20, 1847. Brevet Captain, Sept. 13, 1847. Regimental Quartermaster, Oct. 1, 1849, to Nov. 16, 1854. First Lieutenant, 6th Infantry, Jan. 7, 1851, to Dec. 24, 1856.
Captain, staff, Assistant Quartermaster, Nov. 1Oct. 1, 1849, to Nov. 16, 1854. First Lieutenant, 6th Infantry, Jan. 7, 1851, to Dec. 24, 1856.
Captain, staff, Assistant Quartermaster, Nov. 16, 1854.
Chief Quartermaster, department of the Pacific, Aug. 31, 1861, to June 27, 1865.
Major, staff, Quartermaster, Feb. 26, 1863. Brevet Lieut. Colonel, Colonel and Brig. General, U. S. Army, Mar. 13, 1863.
Chief Quartermaster, department of California, June 27, 1865, to Nov. 14, 1866, and from Nov. 14, 1866, to Dec. 5, 1868. Lieut. Colonel, staff, Deputy Q M. General, July 29, 1866.
Resigned, Feb. 10, 1870.
Died at Oakland, Cal., May 21, 1893.
Laflin, Byron.
Born in Massachusetts