Edward L. Hartz reminiscences

Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Edward L. Hartz (1832-1868) graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1855 and was subsequently appointed to the position of Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the United States Army. After serving briefly at Fort Columbus, New York, Hartz was reassigned to frontier duty in Texas. While there, he was involved in a skirmish with Apache Indians (1857); escorted exploratory parties (1857-1859); tested camels for transportation (1859); and participated in operations against Cortinas’ Mexican Marauders (1859-1860). In April 1861, Texas Insurgents captured Hartz in San Antonio and held him until August of the following year. During the Civil War, he served as a quartermaster in Washington, DC and was in charge of the Chattanooga Depot in Tennessee. In 1866, Hartz was promoted to Captain and reassigned to the Dakota Territory, where he died two years later.

Source:

Cullum, George Washington, and Wirt Robinson. Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U. S. military academy at West Point, N. Y., from its establishment, in 1802, to 1890; with the early history of the United States military academy. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891.