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.He finished the latter as major general of Volunteers,and in 1866, was appointed colonel and assistant quartermastergeneral.He served as chief quartermaster for the Military Divisionof the Pacific and the Military Division of the Missouri.He retiredin 1883 as brigadier general and quartermaster general of the army.(Warner, 245 46)JONES, William Albert, entered West Point in 1860, and upongraduation was commissioned first lieutenant of the Engineers.Hewas promoted to captain in 1867.In 1873, he led a military surveyof Yellowstone National Park.In 1903, he was colonel of the Engi-neers.(Heitman, 1:583)JOHNSON, John Burgess (1847 96), native of Massachusetts,was named second lieutenant of the 6th U.S.Colored Infantry in1863.In 1870, he joined the 3rd Cavalry as first lieutenant in Ari-zona, remaining there until his regiment was withdrawn in 1871.He participated in Crook s expeditions of 1876.He was a captain atthe time of his death.(Altshuler, 1991, 181)JORDAN, Allan (d.1882), of South Carolina, was an 1879 gradu-ate of West Point.He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the3rd Cavalry, and posted to the Department of the Platte.In 1882, hiscompany was transferred to Arizona, where he died during a winterhunting trip, apparently of exposure.(Altshuler, 1991, 183)JORDAN, William Henry, of Ohio, entered West Point in 1855,and upon graduation was breveted to second lieutenant of the 2ndInfantry.He was commissioned second lieutenant of the 9th Infan-try in 1861, and by the end of the Civil War was major of the 8thCalifornia Infantry.In Regular Army service he had risen to captainof the 9th Infantry, and at the time of Bourke s writing, commandedCamp Robinson.He retired in 1891 as colonel of the 19th Infantry.(Heitman, 1:584)KEARNY, Stephen Watts (1794 1848), of New Jersey, was com-missioned second lieutenant of the 13th Infantry in 1813.He servedwith distinction in the War of 1812.After the war he was posted tothe frontier, where he spent much of the remainder of his career,exploring and establishing new military posts as the line of settle-ment expanded.During the Mexican War, he secured New Mexico,PERSONS MENTIONED IN THE DIARY 465and proceeded to California, where he superseded John C.Frémont,much to the latter s disgust.Kearny was a brevet major general atthe time of his death.(Thrapp, 1991, 2:762 63)KENDRICK, Henry Lane (d.1891), of New Hampshire, enteredWest Point in 1831, and upon graduation, was posted to the 2ndInfantry as a brevet second lieutenant.In 1836, he was given theactive rank of second lieutenant and transferred to the 2nd Artil-lery.He served with distinction during the Mexican War and wasbreveted to major.In 1857, he was appointed professor of chemistryand mineralogy at West Point, where he served until his retirementwith pay of a colonel in 1880.(Bourke, Diary, 40:1435; Heitman,1:591 92)KENNINGTON, James (d.1897), of Ireland, enlisted in the 11thInfantry in 1851.In 1862, he was commissioned second lieutenant,and promoted to first lieutenant in 1864.He received brevets as firstlieutenant and captain during the Civil War.In 1870, he was assignedto the 14th Infantry.He was captain at the time of his retirementin 1887.(Heitman, 1:593)KIMBALL, William Augustus, attended West Point in 1872 73.In1876, he was commissioned second lieutenant of the 14th Infantry.He retired a captain in 1894.(Heitman, 1:598)KING, Charles (1844 1933), soldier and author, perhaps has therecord for serving over a longer period of time than any soldier inthe history of the United States military.He was in virtually everyconflict in which the United States was involved, from the Civil Warthrough the First World War.A native of New York, he grew up inWisconsin.With the outbreak of the Civil War, King, then sixteen,volunteered as an orderly to his father, Brig.Gen.Rufus King.Hesubsequently was appointed to West Point, and upon graduation in1866, was commissioned as second lieutenant of the 1st Artillery.Upon promotion to first lieutenant in 1870, he transferred to the5th Cavalry.King scouted against the Apaches in Arizona, distin-guishing himself in the fights at Diamond Butte and Sunset Pass.He served during the Big Horn and Yellowstone Expedition in 1876.Upon promotion to captain in 1879, he was retired on disabilityfrom an old wound received in Arizona.He then became a popularnovelist and playwright, and was known as  America s Kipling forhis stories of army life.When the Spanish-American War broke out,King was appointed brigadier general of Volunteers, and commanded466 APPENDIXthe District of Hawaii.He later served in the Philippines, and wasadjutant general of the Wisconsin National Guard.At present, mostof King s writings have been forgotten.However, his 1890 book,Campaigning With Crook, remains a standard for the Big Hornand Yellowstone Expedition.(Altshuler, 1991, 192 93; King, 1890;Russell, Campaigning With King)KING, John Haskell (1820 88), was appointed second lieutenantof the 1st Infantry at the age of seventeen.He served in the SeminoleWars and the Mexican War, and was in Texas at the outbreak of theCivil War.He finished the Civil War with brevets to major general inthe Regular Army and Volunteers.After the war, he was appointedcolonel of the 9th Infantry, and served at various frontier stationsuntil his retirement in 1882.(Warner, 268 69)KINGSBURY, James Wilkinson (d.1853), of Connecticut, enteredWest Point in 1819.In 1823, he was commissioned second lieuten-ant in the 1st Infantry.In 1830, he was promoted to first lieuten-ant.He resigned in 1837, shortly after being promoted to captain.(Heitman, 1:601)KRAUSE, David (1839 85), of Pennsylvania, entered the armyas first lieutenant of the 14th Infantry with the outbreak of the CivilWar.He distinguished himself in action, was breveted to major, andfinished the war with the active rank of captain.He was posted toArizona from 1866 to 1869, and participated in Crook s campaignsin 1876.He was major of the 11th Infantry at the time of his death.(Altshuler, 1991, 196 97)LARNED, Charles William, entered West Point in 1866, and upongraduation was posted to the 3rd Cavalry.He was promoted to firstlieutenant in 1876, and the same year was appointed a professor atthe academy.As of 1902, he was a colonel at the academy.(Heit-man, 1:616)LAWSON, Joseph (ca.1821 81), native of Ireland, joined theVolunteers as a second lieutenant in 1862.He was commissionedas second lieutenant of the 3rd Cavalry in February 1866, andpromoted to first lieutenant five months later.He was posted toCamp Date Creek from 1870 to 1871, when the 3rd transferred tothe Department of the Platte.He participated in the Big Horn andYellowstone Expedition.During the Milk River fight in Colorado in1879, command devolved on Lawson after Maj.Thomas T.Thorn-burgh was killed, and the senior captain, John Scott Payne, wasPERSONS MENTIONED IN THE DIARY 467wounded.Lawson is credited with averting a massacre.See alsoTHORNBURGH, Thomas Tipton; PAYNE, John Scott.(Altshuler,1991, 198)LEAVENWORTH, Henry (1783 1834), of Connecticut, was ap-pointed captain of the 25th Infantry in 1812.He served with dis-tinction in various infantry regiments during the War of 1812 [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]