Captain Robert Livingston Armstrong

"Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. " by George Washington Cullum, published 1891."

(Born N. Y.) ROBERT L. ARMSTRONG (Ap'd N. Y.)

Third Lieut., Light Artillery, July 21, 1814 Third Lieut., Light Artillery, on Reduction of Army, May 17, 1815 Second Lieut., Corps of Artillery, Aug. 30, 1816 First Lieut., Corps of Artillery, July 2, 1818 Bvt. Captain, July 2, 1828, for Faithful Service Ten Years in one Grade

Military History - Cadet of the Military Academy, April 14, 1813, to July 21, 1814, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army.

Served: in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain, on duty at Newport harbor, R. I., 1814, and on the Niagara Frontier, 1814-15; in garrison at New York harbor, 1816 - West Point, N. Y., 1816-18, - and Ft. Mifflin, Pa., 1819; at the Military Academy, as Asst. Instructor of Infantry Tactics, Apr. 30 to Nov. 4, 1819; in garrison at Ft. Severn, Md., 1820-21; as Adjutant, 2d Artillery, June 1, 1821, to Apr. 30, 1826, at Reg. headquarters, Frankfort, Pa., 1821-23, - and at Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1823-26; on Staff duty at Washington, D. C., 1826; as Aide-de-Camp to Bvt. Maj-General Scott, July 10, 1826, to May 5, 1829; and as Judge Advocate of the Eastern Department, May 5, 1829, to Sep. 26, 1831.

Died, Oct. 10, 1834, at Philadelphia, Pa.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 22 2020, 0:16:43 UTC