Encamped with Zachary Taylor in Corpus Christi in 1845.
Died December, 1845
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1253..(Born Va.) (Ap’d Va.)
Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1841, to July 1, 1845, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, July 1, 1845.
Served in the Military Occupation of Texas, 1845.
Died, Dec. 6, 1845, at Corpus Christi, Tex.: Aged 22.
Source:
Cullum, George W. 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. Third edition., revised and extended. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891.
Transcription by: Rosa G. Gonzales
Corpus Christi – We have received a letter from Lieut. E. Haynes dated Corpus Christi, 7th Dec. in which he mentions that during the later inclement weather there has been some sickness and a few deaths in the American camp. Col. Allen of the 2nd Dragoons was buried on the 7th inst. The troops, however, enjoy as good health as could possibly be expected at this season, when the rains are almost incessant, and northers are frequent. Small detachments of troops are almost daily patrolling the country west and north of the camp. Engineers occasionally accompany these detachments, and make surveys of the region west of the Nueces. Our correspondent speaks in the most glowing terms of the rapid growth of Corpus Christi. He says, “the prosperity of this place is without a parallel. Some of the late cities of the Union are small compared with it. It is most creditable to a town to enumerate its Bar rooms or grog shops, but still where there is properity they will spring up. In July last, there were only two Bar rooms in this town, now they exceed two hundred! They are all doing well, which is at least evidence of the quantity of money in circulation.
“From four to six vessels arrive daily at Corpus Christi and their cargoes meet with a ready sale. The Mexican traders feel secure and come in here in large numbers, always leaving the specie for what they carry off.â€
Four of the finest horses belonging to the company of Capt. Bell were stolen on the night of the 6th inst. The company went in pursuit of the thieves on the following morning, but little hope was entertained that they would be re-captured.
Source: Telegraph and Texas Register, Houston, December 24, 1845, p. 3, cols 1 & 2
Research by: Msgr. Michael A. Howell