Chronology of the Life of Rensselaer William Foote

Childhood and Family

1809

Frances Foote, sister born.

1811

Catherine, sister born.

1814

Sister Harriet born and dies, age 9 months.

1815

• Rensselaer William Foote born, Delhi New York, 12 November, 1815, to Charles Augustus Foote and Maria (Margaret) (Baldwin) Foote.

1818

Birth of brother, Charles A. Foote, jr.

1821

Birth of youngest brother, James.

1824

• 29 August, 1824. Death of his mother, Maria Baldwin Foote.

1828

• 1 August, 1828. Death of his father, Charles Augustus Foote.

West Point

1834

• Attends United States Military Academy, in the same class as Winfield Scott Hancock, Lewis Addison Armistead, John Blair Smith Todd, and Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard.

1835

• December: Second Seminole begins.

1836

• [Or before] Travels to "West Indies".
• 31 May, 1836: New York City.

1838

• Appointed second lieutenant, U.S. 6th Infantry.

Florida and the Seminole Wars

1839

• "Clark's Place, St Andrew's Bay, West Florida" Assembles a hand-written, 48 page glossary entitled "Indian Words."

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1840

• Experiences ill health; living in, or visiting New York City.
• 25 December: Begins Journal in Pelatka Florida.
• 28 December: Arrives Fort Holmes, Florida.
• 30 December: Arrives Fort Russel.

1841

• January 2nd: Arrives Fort Clinch.
• 8th January: "Annatteclya", Annutteliga Hammock, Florida.
• 12–17 February: On horseback around Tampa, Florida.
• 13 February: Tampa.
• 25 February or before: At "annutteeliga", Annutteliga Hammock.
• June: Fort Harrison, letter sent to.
• 14 July: At Fort Harrison, Florida, Regimental Headquarters.
• 13 September: Tampa Bay, Florida.

1842

• 22 February: Fort Wekiva (on the Wekiva River?), Florida.
• 29 February: Cedar Keys, Florida.
• 4 March: Sea Horse Key, Florida.
• 8 March: La Balize, or Pilotown, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
• 10 March: leave New Orleans.
• September: Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
• 9 September: Fort Towson.
• 18 September: Fort Smith.

The Western Territories

1842

• 14 August: Second Seminole War ends.
• 22 September: Fort Gibson, Arkansas.

1843

• 21 April: Fort Smith, Arkansas.

1844

• 14 February: Invitation to dinner from Zachary Taylor, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

1845

• 27 September, birth of his niece, Katherine Adelia Foote, daughter of brother Charles and Adelia.
• December: Fort Smith, Arkansas.

1851

• 30 September: Delhi, New York.

1852

• 13 January: New York City.
• September: Cincinnati, Ohio.
• 23 September: Buffalo, New York: in the recruiting service, along with Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.
• 14 December: Boston, Massachusetts.

1853

• 13 February: Boston Massachusetts.
• 7 – 27 June: Boston.
• 12 December: Fort Ridgely, Minnesota

1854

• 19 August: The Grattan Massacre.

1855

• 13 September: Fort Laramie, "Nebraska Territory".

1856

• Fort Laramie.

1857

• 27 August: New York City.

The Civil War/War Between the States

1862

• 22 January: Barrytown, Dutchess county, New York.
• 2 March: New York City.
• 6 March: Washington, D.C.
• 2 June: Camp Lovell, "about 8 miles from Richmond, Va."
• Died, Battle of Gaines' Mills, Virginia. Buried in a mass grave on the battlefield. Memorial gravestone in place, Woodlawn cemetery, Delhi, New York.