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Sixl_ Generalio_. 239<br />

the army of General Taylor as Chief Quarter-<br />

master, 6 July, 1846 ; brevetted Brigadier-Gen-<br />

eral 'for gallant and meritorious conducl in the<br />

battle of Buena Uista,' 23 Feb. 1847 (July, 1848);<br />

died 16 Sept. 1851, at St. Louis, Missouri."<br />

The dates of some of the foregoing appoint-<br />

ments, as obtained from the records of the War<br />

Department, are as follows, and differ slightly<br />

from the above. According to these, he was<br />

appointed :<br />

Cornet, Light Dragoons, 2o October, 18o8.<br />

Second Lieutenant, Light Dragoons, I Sep-<br />

tember, I8O9.<br />

First Lieutenant, Light Dragoons, I Janua W,<br />

I8II°<br />

First Lieutenant, Aid to Br.-Gen. Boyd, and<br />

distinguished in the capture of Fort<br />

George, Upper Canada, 27 May, I8I 3.<br />

Captain, 23d Regt. U. S. Infantry, 14 July,<br />

I8I 4.<br />

Captain, 2d Regt. U. S. Infantry, I Sep-<br />

tember, 1814.<br />

Captain, 2d Infantry, Aid to Major-Gen.<br />

Macomb, i May, i8i 5.

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