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*12–17 February: On horseback to Tampa.  
 
*12–17 February: On horseback to Tampa.  
 
*25 February or before: At "annutteeliga", [[Annutteliga Hammock, Florida|Annutteliga Hammock]].
 
*25 February or before: At "annutteeliga", [[Annutteliga Hammock, Florida|Annutteliga Hammock]].
*14 July: At [[Fort Harrison]], Florida, Regimental Headquarters.  
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*14 July: At [[Fort Harrison]], Florida, Regimental Headquarters.
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*13 September: Tampa Bay, Florida.
  
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==1842==
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*22 February: Fort Wekiva (on the Wekiva River?), Florida.
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*29 February: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Key,_Florida Cedar Keys, Florida.]
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*4 March: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seahorse_Key_lighthouse Sea Horse Key, Florida.]
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*8 March: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balize,_LA La Balize, or Pilotown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.]
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*10 March: leave New Orleans.
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*September: Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
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*9 September: Fort Towson.
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*18 September: Fort Smith.
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*22 September: Fort Gibson, Arkansas.
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*One Week later: Fort Gibson
  
 
==Service in the Western Territories==
 
==Service in the Western Territories==

Revision as of 20:51, 4 October 2010

Childhood and Family

1816

  • Born Delhi New York

West Point

Florida and the Seminole Wars

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

1842

  • One Week later: Fort Gibson

Service in the Western Territories

1852

  • Buffalo, New York; in the recruiting service, along with Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.

The Civil War/War Between the States

1862