A summary of Beall 's US Army career follows : Cadet at the Military Academy , July 1 , 1826 , to July 1 , 1830 , when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Bvt . Second Lieut. , 1st Infantry , July 1 , 1830 ; Second Lieut. , 1st Infantry , July 1 , 1830 Served on frontier duty , at Ft. Winnebago , Wisconsin , 1831 , and Ft. Armstrong , Illinois , 1831 – 32 ; in the Black Hawk War against the Sac Indians , 1832 ; on frontier duty at Ft. Crawford , Wisconsin , 1832 – 33 ; as Adjutant , 1st Infantry , at Regimental Headquarters , March 1 , 1833 , to June 11 , 1836 ; became First Lieutenant , 2nd Dragoons , June 11 , 1836 ; Captain , 2nd Dragoons , October 19 , 1836 to September 13 , 1844 ; at Headquarters of 2nd Dragoons on Regimental Staff duty , 1836 – 37 ; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks , Missouri , 1837 ; in the Second Seminole War , also known as the Florida War , against the Miccosukee Seminole Indians , 1837 – 38 , being engaged in the Action of Locha-Hatchee , Florida , Jan. 24 , 1838 , and the Skirmish of Kenapapa Prairie , June 17 , 1838 while transferring Indians to the West during the " Trail of Tears " ; in the Cherokee Nation , Oklahoma 1838 – 39 . Recruiting service , 1839 – 40 ; at the Cavalry School at Saumur , France , 1840 – 42 , to learn the French system of Dragoon exercise ; at United States Army Cavalry School , Carlisle Barracks , Pennsylvania , 1842 ; on frontier duty at Fort Jesup , Louisiana , 1842 – 43 ; on detached service at Washington , D.C. , 1843 – 44 ; as Member of the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Military Academy , 1843 ; and again , on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup , Louisiana , 1844 ; Major , Staff and became Paymaster , U.S. Army , Sep. 13 , 1844 ; in the Army Pay Department , 1844 – 61 , in the Military Occupation of Texas , 1845 – 56 ; in the Mexican – American War , 1846 – 47 ; in Cincinnati , Ohio , 1847 – 48 ; New Orleans , Louisiana , 1848 ; Washington , D.C. 1848 – 49 ; Albany , New York , 1849 – 54 ; San Antonio , Texas , 1854 – 59 , and St. Louis , Missouri , 1859 – 61 . Resigned from United States Army , April 22 , 1861 and joined the Confederate States Army in the rebellion of 1861 – 65 against the United States
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Lloyd J. Beall