William Alexis Thompson Major, Untied States Army |
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Appointed from Maryland, Private, Company G, and Quartermaster Sergeant, 1st Maryland volunteer Infantry, 18 August 1862 to 3 June 1865 Second Lieutenant, 4th U. S. Cavalry, 18 June 1867 First Lieutenant, 31 July 1869 Regimental Adjutant, 1 September 1877 to 1 March 1878 Captain, 23 July 1879 Major, 2nd U. S. Cavalry, 19 June 1897 Retired 7 November 1898 Brevet Captain, 27 February 1890, for gallant service in actions against Indians in the canyon near Red River, Texas, 27 and 28 September 1874 and at Las Lagunas Quatro, Texas, 5 November 1874
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