The Biographical Dictionary of America/Alden, Bradford R.

ALDEN, Bradford, R., soldier, was born at Meadville, Pa., in 1810, son of Major Roger Alden, aide-de-camp to General Greene, and great-great-grandson of John Alden, the immigrant. In 1831 he was graduated at West Point, was assigned to the 4th infantry, and from 1833 to 1840 as instructor at West Point, and appointed on the staff of General Scott as aide-de-camp in 1841, serving two years, and three years on garrison duty. From 1845 to 1852 he was commandant at West Point, and then was stationed in the West, when an uprising among the Oregon Indians was in progress. He was wounded in action Aug. 24, 1853, and the next month he retired from the army because of the wound he had received, and from which he never fully recovered. He spent several years in Europe, and died Sept. 10, 1870.