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(c. 1838 - 1886)
Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
A 23 year old clerk, he enlisted at Fort Hamilton, NY on 11 November 1861 as a Private in Company D, First Battalion, 12th United States Infantry. He was Sergeant when he was appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 12th US Infantry on 26 June (to date from 25 May).
On the Campaign
He commanded Company E at Antietam in September 1862.
The rest of the War
He was at Fredericksburg in December, promoted to First Lieutenant in February 1863, and at Gettysburg, PA in July. He was captured at Mine Run, VA in November 1863 and held at Libby Prison, Richmond, VA until exchanged in May 1864. He was on General Romeyn Ayres' (2nd Division, 5th Army Corps) staff as Ordnance Officer to Appomattox, then a mustering officer into July 1865.
He was honored by brevets to Captain and Major, USA for his war service.
After the War
He continued in the Regular Army and was promoted to Captain, 12th Infantry on April 1866. He resigned his commission on 1 February 1873.
In 1880 he was a store clerk in San Francisco, CA.
References & notes
His service from Heitman,1 Henry,2 as Richard K. Pond, and the Registers.3 His role at Antietam from Captain Blunt's after-action report. Personal details from the US Census of 1880 and his widow's pension cards. His gravesite is on Findagrave.
He married Kate Margaretta (?, 1848-1930) and they had 3 children.
Birth
c. 1838; New York City, NY
Death
09/16/1886; San Rafael, CA; burial in San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, CA
1 Heitman, Francis Bernard, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903, 2 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903, Vol. 1, pg. 797 [AotW citation 28842]
2 Henry, Guy Vernor, Military Record of Civilian Appointments in the United States Army, 2 Volumes, New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1873, Vol. 2, pg. 168 [AotW citation 28843]
3 US Army, Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914, Washington, DC: National Archives, 1956, Vol. 142, pg. 662 [AotW citation 28844]