WALLEN, Henry Davies, soldier, born in Savannah, Georgia, 19 April, 1819; died in New York city, 2 December, 1886. He was graduated at the United States military academy in 1840 in the class with William T. Sherman and George H. Thomas, and was assigned to the 4th infantry. His first service was in the Florida war in 1840-'2, and, after garrison duty during 1842-'5, he was engaged in the military occupation of Texas and in the war with Mexico, being wounded at Palo Alto. After five years of frontier duty at Detroit and Plattsburg, he was sent to the Pacific coast, where he remained until the beginning of the civil war, serving in various forts, with the Yakmia expedition in 1855, and in command of the exploring expedition to Salt Lake in 1859. Meanwhile he had been promoted captain on 31 January, 1850, and major on 25 November, 1861. He was acting assistant inspector-general of the Department of New Mexico from June, 1862, till June, 1864, and in command of a regiment at Fort Schuyler, New York, thereafter until May, 1865. The brevets of lieutenant-colonel and colonel were given him on 23 February, 1865, and that of brigadier-general on 13 March, 1865, while the actual rank of lieutenant-colonel was conferred on him, 30 July, 1865. For a year he served in the west, and commanded successively the district of the Gila and the district of Arizona, but in 1867 he was given command of Governor's island, New York harbor, which post he held until 1869. In 1872 he was on the Yellowstone expedition, and on 19 February, 1873, he was made colonel of the 2d infantry. He was retired from active service on 18 February, 1874, and subsequently resided in New York city.