The Florida War had continued with varying success, when, in 1841, Alvord was again ordered to that pestilential region. www.library.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us/MexicanWar/alvordb.htm
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Benjamin Alvord. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Alvord_(mathematician)
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Benjamin Alvord. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Alvord_%28mathematician%29
ALVORD, Benjamin, soldier, born in Rutland, Vermont, 18 August 1813; died in Washington, District of Columbia, 16 October 1884. He was graduated at the United States military academy in 1833, served in the Seminole war (1835-'7), was instructor in mathem famousamericans.net/benjaminalvord/
Benjamin Alvord graduated from West Point in 1833 and was commissioned in the 4th Infantry where he served almost continuously for 21 years. During the Civil War he was chief paymaster of Oregon and was brevetted brigadier general. Alvord was paymaster www.picturehistory.com/find/p/6634/mcms.html