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| − | Frances Foote, sister born. | + | *Frances Foote, sister born. |
===1811=== | ===1811=== | ||
| − | Catherine, sister born. | + | *Catherine, sister born. |
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| − | Sister Harriet born and dies, age 9 months. | + | *Sister Harriet born and dies, age 9 months. |
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| − | Birth of brother, Charles A. Foote, jr. | + | *Birth of brother, Charles A. Foote, jr. |
===1821=== | ===1821=== | ||
| − | Birth of youngest brother, James. | + | *Birth of youngest brother, James. |
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Revision as of 06:47, 5 September 2021
Contents
Childhood and Family
1809
- Frances Foote, sister born.
1811
- Catherine, sister born.
1814
- Sister Harriet born and dies, age 9 months.
1815
- Rensselaer William Foote born, Delhi New York, 12 November, 1815, to Charles Augustus Foote and Maria (Margaret) (Baldwin) Foote.
1818
- Birth of brother, Charles A. Foote, jr.
1821
- Birth of youngest brother, James.
1824
- 29 August, 1824. Death of his mother, Maria Baldwin Foote.
1828
- 1 August, 1828. Death of his father, Charles Augustus Foote.
West Point
1834
- Attends United States Military Academy, in the same class as Winfield Scott Hancock, Lewis Addison Armistead, John Blair Smith Todd, and Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard.
1835
- December: Second Seminole begins.
1836
- [Or before] Travels to "West Indies".
- 31 May, 1836: New York City.
1838
- Appointed second lieutenant, U.S. 6th Infantry.
Florida and the Seminole Wars
1839
- "Clark's Place, St Andrew's Bay, West Florida" Assembles a hand-written, 48 page glossary entitled "Indian Words."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Cherokee_removal
1840
- Experiences ill health; living in, or visiting New York City.
- 25 December: Begins Journal in Pelatka Florida.
- 28 December: Arrives Fort Holmes, Florida.
- 30 December: Arrives Fort Russel.
1841
- January 2nd: Arrives Fort Clinch.
- 8th January: "Annatteclya", Annutteliga Hammock, Florida.
- 12–17 February: On horseback around Tampa, Florida.
- 13 February: Tampa.
- 25 February or before: At "annutteeliga", Annutteliga Hammock.
- June: Fort Harrison, letter sent to.
- 14 July: At Fort Harrison, Florida, Regimental Headquarters.
- 13 September: Tampa Bay, Florida.
1842
- 22 February: Fort Wekiva (on the Wekiva River?), Florida.
- 29 February: Cedar Keys, Florida.
- 4 March: Sea Horse Key, Florida.
- 8 March: La Balize, or Pilotown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
- 10 March: leave New Orleans.
- September: Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
- 9 September: Fort Towson.
- 18 September: Fort Smith.
The Western Territories
1842
- 14 August: Second Seminole War ends.
- 22 September: Fort Gibson, Arkansas.
1843
- 21 April: Fort Smith, Arkansas.
1844
- 14 February: Invitation to dinner from Zachary Taylor, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
1845
- 27 September, birth of his niece, Katherine Adelia Foote, daughter of brother Charles and Adelia.
- December: Fort Smith, Arkansas.
1851
- 30 September: Delhi, New York.
1852
- 13 January: New York City.
- September: Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 23 September: Buffalo, New York: in the recruiting service, along with Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.
- 14 December: Boston, Massachusetts.
1853
- 13 February: Boston Massachusetts.
- 7 – 27 June: Boston.
- 12 December: Fort Ridgely, Minnesota
1854
- 19 August: The Grattan Massacre.
1855
- 13 September: Fort Laramie, "Nebraska Territory".
1856
1857
- 27 August: New York City.
The Civil War/War Between the States
1862
- 22 January: Barrytown, Dutchess county, New York.
- 2 March: New York City.
- 6 March: Washington, D.C.
- 2 June: Camp Lovell, "about 8 miles from Richmond, Va."
- Died, Battle of Gaines' Mills, Virginia. Buried in a mass grave on the battlefield. Memorial gravestone in place, Woodlawn cemetery, Delhi, New York.
