History of Middletown, (Charles County) Maryland United States of America

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Biographical Sketch of Charles Adams Hoke McCauley

Charles Adams Hoke McCauley, soldier and author, was born in Middletown, Md., July 13, 1847. He was graduated from the U.S. Military academy in 1870; was promoted 2d lieutenant, and assigned to the 3d artillery. He served on garrison duty, 1870-75; accompanied the Red River expedition into the Indian territory and Texas as ornithologist, 1876; was assistant to the chief engineer of the department of the Missouri, 1877-79; was promoted 1st lieutenant, 3d cavalry, May 5, 1879; captain, Feb. 18, 1881; was assistant quartermaster, Ogden, Utah, 1882-83; and quartermaster of the department of the Platte, 1883-87. He was promoted major, Aug. 8, 1894, and lieutenant-colonel and deputy quartermaster-general, Nov. 13, 1898. He invented a system of signalling by means of mirrors, 1871. He is the author of: The Ornithology of the Red River Region of Texas (1877); The San Juan Reconnoissance in Colorado and New Mexico (1877); Reports on the White River Indian Agency, Colorado, and the Uintah Indian Agency (1879); Pagasa Springs, Colorado; its Geology and Botany (1879).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor