Frederick L. Childs-- Part 3: Service in U.S. Army 1855 to 1861

From Find-A-Grave.

U.S. ARMY SERVICE

Graduate of USMA at West Point, Class of 1855 #9.Brevet 2nd Lieut. Artillery, July 1, 1855.

Served garrison duty Fort  Monroe, Va., 1855-1856

In Florida (2nd Lieut. 1st Artillery) hostilities against the Seminole Indians 1856-1857

Assistant Professor of Geography, History and ethics  Sept 14, 1857 to Jan. 31, 1859

Garrison duty at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, 1859

Frontier duty at Fort Clark, Texas,  and Fort Duncan, Texas, 1859-1860

On leave of absence 1861

--Old Secesh