Frederick Edward Prime
Born: September 24, 1829
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Father: Rufus Prime 1806 – 1885
(Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Mother: Augusta Temple Palmer 1807 – 1840
(Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)
Education:
1850: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (1st in class)
Occupation before War:
1850 – 1853: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers
1850 – 1852: Assistant Engineer making repairs on Fort Wood
1852: Assistant Engineer in helping to build Fort Schuyler
1852 – 1853: Assistant Engineer Improvement on Hudson River
1853 – 1856: 2nd Lt. United States Army Engineers
1853 – 1857: Assistant Engineer construction on Alcatraz Island
1856 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army Engineers
1857: Superintendent Engineer Defenses of Alcatraz Island
1858 – 1861: Superintendent Engineer for repairs of Fort Morgan
1858 – 1861: Superintendent Engineer construction of Fort Gaines
1858 – 1861: Engineer for fortifications of Pensacola Harbor, Florida
1859 – 1861: Engineer for construction of Fort on Ship Island
Civil War Career:
1861: Arrested at Pensacola Florida by forces under Major Chase
1861: Assistant Engineer construction of Washington, D.C. Defenses
1861: Served on staff of Colonel Miles during First Battle of Bull Run
1861: Assistant Engineer erecting temporary works in Baltimore.
1861: Chief Engineer of Union Army Department of Kentucky
1861 – 1863: Captain United States Army Engineers
1861: Chief Engineer for Union Army Department of Cumberland
1861: Chief Engineer for Union Army Department of the Ohio
1861: Wounded and captured during Battle of Mill Spring, Kentucky
1861 – 1862: Prisoner of war held by the Confederate Army
1862: Leave of absence from the United States Army
1862: Superintendent Engineer Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1862: Assistant Engineer Union Army Department of the Mississippi
1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi
1862 – 1863: Chief Engineer in Major General Grant's Mississippi Fight
1862: Chief Engineer in construction of Defenses of Memphis, Tennessee
1862: Served in the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi
1862: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Corinth, Mississippi
1862: Served in the Flank movement to Oxford, Mississippi
1863: Served in the Descent of Mississippi to Young's Point
1863: Served in the opening cutoff Canal at Milliken's Bend
1863: Served in the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
1863: On sick leave of absence from United States Army
1863: Brevetted Lt. Colonel for his service in Siege of Vicksburg
1863 – 1864: Superintendent Engineer New Haven, Connecticut Defenses
1863 – 1871: Major United States Army Engineers
1864 – 1865: Superintendent Engineer construction on Staten Island
1864 – 1865: Superintendent Engineer repairs of Fort Lafayette
1864 – 1865: Superintendent Engineer building Battery exterior
1864 –1866: Superintendent Engineer Fort at Sandy Hook construction
1864: Temporary duty in Baltimore during Early's raid
1864 – 1866: Superintendent Engineer of engineering recruiting
Occupation after War:
1865: Brevetted Colonel for his service in the War
1865: Brevetted Brig. General US Army for his service in the War
1865: Member of special board of engineers work at Willet's Point
1865 – 1866: Member of Board of United States Army Engineers
1866 – 1867: Leave of absence from United States Army
1867 – 1869: Superintendent Engineer of Fort on Ship Island
1868 – 1869: Superintendent Engineer Eighth light house district
1868 – 1869: Superintendent Engineer for New Orleans Defenses
1870 – 1871: Superintendent Engineer Provincetown Harbor Defenses
1871: Retired from United States Army due to disability in line of duty
1871 – 1900: Resident of Huntington, New York
Died: August 12, 1900
Place of Death: Litchfield, Connecticut
Age at time of Death: 72 years old
Burial Place: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
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