| Birth | 30 Sep 1824 | Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1 Jul 1841 | entered the US Military Academy as a cadet - West Point, Orange County, New York | | | |
| Education | 1843 | US Military Academy - West Point, Orange County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | Abt Jul 1845 | acting assistant professor of ethics in the military academy - West Point, Orange County, New York | | | |
| Graduated | 1 Jul 1845 | the US Military Academy as Brevet 2nd Lieutenant an ordnance officer - West Point, Orange County, New York | | | |
| Military | Jan 1846 | and ordered to duty and fought in several battles under General Scott - Mexico | | | |
| Military | 2 Mar 1847 | promoted to 2nd Lieutenant | | | |
| Military | 8 Sep 1847 | Mexico | | | |
| Military | 13 Sep 1847 | promoted to Captain for his conduct at Chapultepec - Mexico | | | |
| Military | 1851 | constructing the Benicia arsenal and acted as chief of ordnance for the Pacific Coast - California | | | |
| Residence | 1 Oct 1852 | and was a Captain in the US Army - Solano County, California | | | |
| Military | Feb 1853 | in the US Army and commissioned 1st lieutenant. | | | |
| Marriage | 5 Jul 1853 | Benecia, Solano County, California - Maria Louisa CLARY | | | |
| Military | 9 Nov 1855 | San Francisco, San Francisco County, California | | | |
| Military | 17 Nov 1856 | and resigned from the Army | | | |
| Occupation | 1857 | Sonora, Mexico | | | |
| Occupation | 1857 | Sonora, Mexico | | | |
| Residence | 1859 | Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Residence | 9 Jul 1860 | with his in-laws and wife and was a contractor - Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Military | Bef Mar 1861 | Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Military | Bef Mar 1861 | Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Military | 16 Apr 1861 | appointed a Colonel of the 14th US Infantry of Volunteers in charge of the defenses of - Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Military | 17 May 1861 | promoted to Brigadier-general of Volunteers in the Army of the Potomac under General McClellan - Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Military | Jul 1861 | serving in the Shenandoah Valley under Gen Paterrson - Virginia | | | |
| Military | Aft 21 Jul 1861 | Virginia | | | |
| Military | Aft 21 Jul 1861 | Virginia | | | |
| Military | 21 Oct 1861 | Loudoun County, Virginia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 21 Oct 1861 | wrote a letter to Lincoln reporting on the Battle at Ball's Bluff where Col Baker was killed - Edwards Ferry, Loudoun County, Virginia | | | |
| Military | 21 Oct 1861 | Loudoun County, Virginia | | | |
| Military | 1862 | Virginia | | | |
| Military | 1862 | Virginia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 5 Jan 1862 | appeared before a Congressional committee on his conduct during the Battle of Ball's Bluff - Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Feb 1862 | New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Feb 1862 | New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 18 Apr 1862 | Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 18 Apr 1862 | Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 28 Apr 1862 | Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 28 Apr 1862 | Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 4 Jul 1862 | Fort Hamilton, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 4 Jul 1862 | Fort Hamilton, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Sep 1862 | released from prison and returned to live - Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Military | Jul 1863 | and was in the siege of Port Hudson and was one of the commissioners to receive its surrender - Louisiana | | | |
| Military | Oct 1863 | in the campaign of Bayou Teche and was chief of staff to Gen Banks - Louisiana | | | |
| Marriage | 4 Nov 1863 | Jeannie "Anne Jennie" STONE | | | |
| Military | 15 Feb 1864 | and sent a letter to Pres Lincoln asking that his name be cleared from his imprisonment in 1862 - New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana | | | |
| Military | Apr 1864 | in the Red River Campaign and was promoted to Brigadier General - Louisiana | | | |
| Military | 4 Apr 1864 | mustered out of the volunteer service - Louisiana | | | |
| Military | Aug 1864 | Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Military | Aug 1864 | Washington, District of Columbia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 13 Sep 1864 | said he resigned from the army due to typhoid fever | | | |
| Residence | 25 Oct 1864 | and wrote a letter to the Archbishop in New Orleans - Southborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Military | Apr 1865 | in the Union Army resigning after the surrender of Petersburg | | | |
| Residence | 1 Apr 1865 | and applied for a passport - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Description | 1 Apr 1865 | Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Description | 1 Apr 1865 | Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Occupation | 1865 | engineer and superintendent of the Dover Mining company in gooch-land County - Virginia | | | |
| Occupation | 1870 | chief of the general staff of the Egyptian army - Egypt | | | |
| Military | 10 Oct 1870 | in the Egyptian army and was promoted Commander of the Order of Osmanieh - Egypt | | | |
| Military | 24 Jan 1875 | in the Egyptian army and promoted to Grand Officer of the Order of Medjii - Egypt | | | |
| Military | 1878 | in the Egyptian Army and was raised to the dignity of a pasha - Egypt | | | |
| Military | 1883 | resigning from the Egyptian Army and returning to the US - Egypt | | | |
| Occupation | 1883 | engineer in chief of the construction of the pedestal for the Statue of Libery - New York City, New York County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 4 Apr 1884 | Flushing, Queens County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 4 Apr 1884 | Flushing, Queens County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 4 Apr 1884 | Flushing, Queens County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 28 Oct 1886 | was the grand marshall of the parade celebrating the completion of the Statue of Liberty - New York City, New York County, New York | | | |
| Death | 24 Jan 1887 | Manhattan, New York County, New York | | | |
| Burial | 27 Jan 1887 | in United States Military Academy Post Cemetery - West Point, Orange County, New York | | | |
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