ifr-yt^.^pi^,^'^. f^^ ^5^ ,#I^N^^^^ U.. ^liM^ '>^ X ^•f r^jfe *7 -^-, ^-*^-^^^..^ . .^,'^m y?f.^^ ^m^^r REYNOLO^ HiFTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION T^OTT^^rT ^arbarti CoUrgr ILtijrarg Ga-oJxix, ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 00828 8497 i'U ^'i iyi;y ROSTER OF THE GRADUATES AND PAST CADETS NORWICH UNIVERSITY THK MILITARY COLLEGE OF THE STATE OF VERMONT. 1819-1907 COMPILED BY WILLIAM A. ELLIS, B. S., A, M. LIBRARIAN, NORWICH UNIVERSITY Vt^^o^ ®ljp ©ptninn Prrsa lanr Note—It is our -purpose in presenting this "Roster of the Alumni and Past Cadets" of the University, to give a few of the more important positions held by the men; their highest rank in the National Guard and the military service of the country. This record is necessarily incomplete and in many cases it was impossible to give the present address of the men, but Avith the co- operation of our Alumni and friends, we can make this "Roster" practically complete. The Roster of Past Cadets includes the names of the men who have been in attendance two years. We earnestlv request that our Alumni and friends read this Roster through carefully and inform the compiler of any change or addition. A large portion of the data used in compiling this "Roster" was taken from the "History of Norwich University, 1819-98" published in 1898. A second edition of the history of the University is being compiled, and will be ready for distribution by the commencement of 1908. This history will cover the period from 1866 to date, and will include the sketches of the men left out in the first ediion. It is earnestly hoped, by the compiler, that the Alumni and friends will give the work their support, and that they will assist in obtaining sketches and photographs for the history. The star (*) before a name indicates the death of the per- son; the dagger (f), that no information has been received con- cerning the person; a degree enclosed in a parenthesis as (A. M.) indicates that it was given by an institution other than Norwich University. The graduates of the American, Literary, Scientific and Military Academy, as far as known, are arranged in alphabet- ical order. The years following the name of the Past Cadet indicate the attendance at the University. The following are the principal abbreviations and their explan- ations : A. C. —army corps. b. —born. bvt. —brevet or brevetted. brig. gen. —brigadier general. civ. eng. —civil engineer. const. —construction. cons. eng. —consulting engineer. const, eng. —engineer in charge of construction. cli. eng. —chief engineer. div. eng. —division engineer. e. f. —entered from. It. —lieutenant. maj. gen. —major general. mem. —member. m. Am. Soc. C. E. —member American Society of Civil Engineers. res. eng. —resident engineer. s. —son of. T^^-t,:.^^^. ^^HEC 24(907 1806302 Brief History of Xor"U'ich University 1S19-1907 With an outline of the work of her Alumni. NORWICH UNIVERSITY was founded at Norwich, Vt, in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge, U. S. A., a graduate of Dartmouth College and of the U. S. Military Academy, class of 1806. Capt. Partridge, while Superintendent of the U. S. Military Academy during 1815-1817, became convinced of the great neces- sity of having Military Science and Tactics taught generally through- out the country, thereby providing a citizen soldiery. He realized that the attendance at the National Academy would necessarily be limited, so he urged the teaching of Military Science and drill in the public schools and colleges throughout the country. Differences of opinion arising between himself and the military authorities at Washington, as to the management of the U. S. Military Academy, he resigned his commission in the army and determined to found a national militarj^ academy which should be an exponent of his ideas of militar}'- education. After careful consideration, he selected Norwich, Vt., his native town, as the site for the institution, and in 1819, began the erection of the buildings, which were completed in 1820, and thrown open for the reception of students. This institution, known as the AMERICAN LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC AND MILITARY ACADEMY, was the first in this country, and probably in the English speaking world, to include in its curriculum, a complete civil engineering course. The course of instruction would, to-day, be considered strong, and in connection with the regular work, Capt. Partridge instituted what is now called "the Summer School." From the first, "the Academy" became very popular. Her halls were filled with students from all sections of the country, especially from the South. In 1825, acting on the advice of Commodore McDonough of Middletown, Conn., Capt. Partridge determined to move his insti- tution to that city, as the location was thought more central and the usefulness of the academy would be increased. In this year commodious buildings were erected, and the Corps of Cadets were marched to Middletown. The attendance increased and in 1828 it reached about 450 cadets. In 1828, Capt. Partridge tried to get "the Academy" chartered b}' the State of Connecticut, but owing to adverse influence, he was unsuccessful, and seeing that he was likeh' to be unsuccessful for sometime in the future, sold the academy property, in 1829, to the 4 NORWICH UNIVERSITY Methodists for their new College, now Wesleyan University, and marched his "corps of cadets" back to Vermont. The old build- ings in Vermont, which had been used during the stay in Middle- town, as a preparatory school for his "Academy" became again the home of the "A. L. S. and M. Academy". In 1834 the Academy was chartered by the Vermont Legis- lature under the name of NORWICH UNIVERSITY. In 1866 the University buildings burned, and the institution was moved to Northfield, Vt., where the citizens had donated ample grounds and had promised the money to erect a new Barracks. NORWICH UNIVERSITY through her career of eighty- eight years, has furnished her sons to our country, in every battle of any importance from the Seminole War to that of Manila Bay, the taking of Pekin, to the quelling of insurrections in Cuba and Panama. In addition a large number of her old cadets, who were disciualified for military duty owing to age or physical disability, acted as drill-masters and instructors in Military Science in the various military camps throughout the country. During the Civil War over five hundred and twenty-five of her men held commissions. The higher commissions held are as follows: Major-generals, ten; brigadier generals, twelve; surgeon generals, one; Colonels and brevet brigadier generals, fourteen; colonels, forty; lieutenant colonels, thirty-four; majors, twenty-six; captains, one hundred and sixty; admirals, one; rear admirals, four; commodores, six; captains, eight. The more prominent officers who received their education at *'N. U. " are: Major-Generals Samuel A. Mower, '34, H. G. Wright, '34, Seth Williams, '40, Robert H. Milroy, '43, Truman Sevmour, '44, G. M. Dodge, '50, T. E. G. Ransom '50, Geo. C. Strong '54, Edward Hatch '54; brigadier-generals, George W. Tavlor '26, Henry S. Burton '37, F. W. Partridge '32, Jonathan Tarbell, '39, George P. Buel '56, F. W. Lander '41, Peter V. Hagner, E. B. Williston '56, Edmund Rice '59, Charles A. Coolidge '63. The University was a very popular institution for the early officers in the LT. S. Navy. A number of the Midshipmen and Lieutenants obtained leave of absence and studied under Capt. Partridge. Among the Naval Officers who obtained their educa- tion wholly or in part at "N. U. " may be mentioned. Admiral George Dewey '55, rear-admirals Hiram Paulding '23, Charles S. Boggs '26, Thomas T. Craven '24; Commodores, Josiah Tattnal '23 John H. Graham '26, William B. Whiting '26, E. W. Carpenter '23, Charles 0. Carpenter '50; Captains, James H. Ward '23, James Glynn '24, Henry J. Hartstene '26, George M. Colvocoresses '32, George A. Converse '63, George P. Colvocoresses '67. The graduates of Norwich University have taken high rank in the various branches of engineering. In the long list of distin- guished engineers may be mentioned the following old cadets: ; Edwin F. Johnson '25, Chief Engineer of the Northern Pacific R. E,., technical writer and engineer of many important works; Gen. G. M. Dodge, '50, who made thousands of miles of reconnaissance sur- veys and explorations for the Union Pacific R. R. and as chief en- gineer constructed this road from Omaha, Neb. to Promontory, Utah. He also holds the world's record for rapid railroad and bridge construction during active military operations in the field; Moncure Robinson, '21, engineer for many southern railroads; Col. Geo. M. Totten '27, Chief Engineer of the Panama R. R. and many South American engineering projects, and an associate with De Lesseps on the Panama Canal; Gen. F. W. Lander, '41, the distinguished civil engineer, explorer and constructor of the first trans-continen- tal wagon road across the Rocky Mountains to California; Edwin McNeill, '46, engineer of many miles of railroad in Pennsylvania Col. Wm. H. Greenwood, '52, military engineer during the Civil war, chief engineer of many railroads, notably what is now the Denver and Rio Grande R. R. and the famous "swing bridge " in the Royal Gorge, Colo., and the Mexican Central R. R.; Capt. Napoleon Boardman, '47, chief engineer of many railroads in Wisconsin and Michigan; Joseph E. Young '50, prominent railroad contractor and builder of many roads in the middle West; Capt. James E. Ains- worth '53, chief engineer 'of what is now the Northwestern R. R. from Dubuciue, low^a, to the Hot Springs, S. Dakota; Col. S. W. Shattuck '60, civil engineer and now comptroller of the University of Illinois; Charles Morton '60, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a prominent municipal engineer.