...January 8, 1X30. He entered the Military Academy in 1846, and was graduated in 1850 with the second rank in a class of forty-four members. He was at once assigned to the Corps of Topographical Engineers as brevet second lieutenant; promoted to be second lieutenant on September 1, 1854; first lieutenant...

...his desires were fulfilled, and at the age of sixteen he received his cadet appointment, graduating July 1, 1850, standing second in a class of fortyfour...Engineers, in the grade of Brevet Second Lieutenant. In this congenial sphere he found ample scope for his investigations in different branches of science,...

...desires were fulfilled, and at the age of sixteen he received his cadet appointment, graduating July I, 1850, standing second in a class of fortyfour members....Engineers, in the grade of Brevet Second Lieutenant. In this congenial sphere he found ample scope for his investigations in different branches of science,...

...fulfilled, and at the age of sixteen he received his cadet appointment, graduating July 1, 1850, and standing second in a class of forty-four members....engineers, in the grade of brevet second lieutenant. In this congenial sphere he found ample scope for his investigations in different branches of science,...

...entered the Military Academy on July i, 1846, at the early age of sixteen, and was graduated on July I, 1850, standing second in a class of forty-four members....investigations and surveys of the Mississippi delta. The work was onerous, and peculiar circumstances threw him into more than usually intimate relations with his...

...Military Academy in July 1, 1846, at the early age of sixteen, and was graduated on July I, 1850, stand1ng second in a class of forty-four members. He was at...investigations and surveys of the Mississippi delta. The work was onerous, and peculiar circumstances threw him into more than usually intimate relations with his...