★  Gibbs, Alfred

Alfred Gibbs

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Born: April 22, 1823

Birthplace: Astoria, Long Island, New York

Father: Mineralogist George Gibbs 1776 – 1833
(Buried: Saint Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island)​

Mother: Laura Wolcott 1794 – 1870
(Buried: Saint Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island)​

Wife: Peggy F. Blair 1831 – 1908
(Buried: Saint Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island)​

Children:

Alfred Wolcott Gibbs 1856 – 1922​
(Buried: Saint Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island)​
Dr. John Blair Gibbs 1858 – 1898​
(Buried: Saint Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island)​

Education:

1846: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (42nd​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1846 – 1847: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, Mounted Rifles​
1846: Garrison duty at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri​
1847: Wounded during the Battle of Cerro Gordo Mexico​
1847: Brevetted 1st​ Lt. for Gallantry at Battle of Cerro Gordo​
1847: Brevetted Captain for Gallantry at Garita De Belen​
1847 – 1853: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, Mounted Rifles​
1848 – 1856: Aide on Major General P.F. Smith’s Staff​
1853 – 1861: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, Mounted Rifles​
1856 – 1857: Frontier Duty at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico​
1857: Wounded at Skirmish at Cooke’s Spring, New Mexico​
1858: Adjutant for United States Army Mounted Rifles​
1858 – 1860: Recruiter for United States Army​
1860: Conductor of recruits in New Mexico Territory​
1860: Served in the Navajo Expedition​
1860 – 1861: Served in Albuquerque, New Mexico​
1861: Declined Brevet Captain and Assistant Adjutant General​

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain United States Mounted Rifles​
1861 – 1866: Captain United States Army, 3rd​ Cavalry Regiment​
1861: Captured by Texans in San Agustin Springs, New Mexico​
1861 – 1862: Prisoner of War held by the Texans​
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 130th​ New York Infantry Regiment​
1862 – 1863: Served in Suffolk, Virginia​
1863: Served on Major General Keyes Peninsula Expedition​
1863 – 1864: Colonel of 1st​ New York Dragoons Regiment​
1863 – 1864: Commander of Cavalry Reserve Brigade​
1863: Guarded the Supply Train in Battle of Mine Run​
1864: Commander of Cavalry Reserve Brigade 1st​ Cavalry Division​
1864: Served in the Battle of Todd’s Tavern​
1864: Served in the Capture of Spotsylvania Court House​
1864: Served in the Battle of Yellow Tavern, Virginia​
1864: Served in the Battle of Cold Harbor​
1864: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Trevilian Station, Virginia​
1864: Regimental Commander in the Shenandoah Campaign​
1864: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for Gallantry Battle of Winchester, Virginia​
1864 – 1866: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers​
1864: Raid Commander on Gordonsville, Virginia​
1865: Commander of Reserve Cavalry Brigade on Sheridan’s Raid​
1865: Served in the fighting at North and South Anna Bridges​
1865: Brevetted Colonel for Gallantry Battle of Five Forks​
1865: Brevetted Brigadier General for his service in the war​
1865: Brevetted Major General for his service in the war​
1865: Served in the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia​
1865: Served in the Battle of Saylor’s Creek, Virginia​
1865: Served in the Battle of Appomattox Court House, Virginia​
1865: Commander of 1st​ Cavalry Brigade Military Division of the Gulf​
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on February 1st​

Occupation after War:

1861 – 1866: Captain United States Army, 3rd​ Cavalry Regiment​
1866: Recruiter for the United States Army​
1866 – 1868: Major United States Army, 7th​ Cavalry Regiment​
1866 – 1867: Frontier Duty at Fort Riley, Kansas​
1867: Frontier Duty at Fort Harker, Kansas​
1867: Frontier Duty at Fort Riley, Kansas​
1867: Frontier Duty at Fort Harker, Kansas​
1867 – 1868: Frontier Duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas​
1868: Frontier Duty at Forts Dodge and Harker, Kansas​
1868: Frontier Duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas​

Died: December 26, 1868

Place of Death: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Cause of Death: Congestion of the brain

Age at time of Death: 44 years old

Burial Place: Saint Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
 
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