Maj. Gen. Robert Foster
Born: May 27, 1823
Whitefield, New Hampshire
Died: September 2, 1874
Nashua, New Hampshire
West Point: 1846
​Brevet 2nd Lieutenant: July 1846
​1st Lieutenant:
​Captain: July 1, 1860
​Brevet Major: December 26, 1860
​Brig. Gen: October 23, 1861
​Maj. Gen: July 18, 1862
​Lt. Colonel: 1867
​Colonel: 1871
Maj. Gen. Robert Foster
June 1846: West Point Graduate - 4th in class of 59
1846-1848: Mexican American War
March 21-28, 1847: Battle of Vera Cruz
April 1847: Battle of Cerro Gordo
August 20, 1847: Battle of Contreras
September 6, 1847: Battle of Molino del Rey - Severely Wounded
1849 - 1858: Instructor of West Point
1858: Engineering Duty in Charleston Harbor helping in the construction of Fort Sumter
July 1, 1860: Promoted to Captain
December 26, 1860: Brevet Major
April 12-14, 1861: Fort Sumter - Second in Command
May - October 1861: Fortifications of New York
October 23, 1861: Brigadier General of Volunteers
October 1861 - August 1862: Burnside's North Carolina Expedition
February 7-8, 1862: Battle of Roanoke Island
March 14, 1862: Battle of New Bern
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April 25, 1862: Battle of Fort Macon
July 18, 1862: Major General of Volunteers
September 6, 1862: Battle of Washington, NC
August 1862: Department of North Carolina
December 12-18, 1862: Foster's Expedition of Goldsborough
December 17, 1862: Battle of Goldsborough Bridge
Commander, 18th Army Corps
1863: Knoxville Campaign
July 15 - November 15, 1863: Department of Virginia and North Carolina
December 12, 1863 - February 9, 1864: Department of Ohio
May 26, 1864 - February 11, 1865: Department of the South
August 1865 - December 1866: Department of Florida
1867: Lt. Colonel of Engineers
1869: Published manual on underwater demolition, considered to be the reference material
1871: Colonel of Engineers
1871 - 1874: Assistant to Chief of Engineers
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