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Lieut Thomas H Easley Jr.

Birth
Death
20 Aug 1847 (aged 23–24)
Colonia San Diego Churubusco, Coyoacán Borough, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Burial
Cluster Springs, Halifax County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Lt. S. Of US Army Aged 25Y, Fell In The Battle Of Chenubusco Near The City Of Mexico.

http://www.history.army.mil/books/r&h/R&H-2IN.htm
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Register of Officers and Graduates
of the United States Military Academy
Class of 1846

1319 Thomas Easley: Killed in the Mexican War a year after graduating.

(Born Va.)
Thomas Easley
(Ap'd Va.)
48

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1842, to July 1, 1846, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 8th Infantry, July 1, 1846.

Served: in the War with Mexico, 1846‑47, being engaged in the Siege

(Second Lieut., 2d Infantry, Feb. 16, 1847)

p297 of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9‑29, 1847, — Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17‑18, 1847, — Battle of Contreras, Aug. 19‑20, 1847, — and Battle of Churubusco, where, while advancing through a murderous fire to the assault of the strongly intrenched Convent serving as a citadel, he was

Killed, Aug. 20, 1847: Aged 24.

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/1319*.html

Lt. S. Of US Army Aged 25Y, Fell In The Battle Of Chenubusco Near The City Of Mexico.

http://www.history.army.mil/books/r&h/R&H-2IN.htm
Page 420


***
Register of Officers and Graduates
of the United States Military Academy
Class of 1846

1319 Thomas Easley: Killed in the Mexican War a year after graduating.

(Born Va.)
Thomas Easley
(Ap'd Va.)
48

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1842, to July 1, 1846, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 8th Infantry, July 1, 1846.

Served: in the War with Mexico, 1846‑47, being engaged in the Siege

(Second Lieut., 2d Infantry, Feb. 16, 1847)

p297 of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9‑29, 1847, — Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17‑18, 1847, — Battle of Contreras, Aug. 19‑20, 1847, — and Battle of Churubusco, where, while advancing through a murderous fire to the assault of the strongly intrenched Convent serving as a citadel, he was

Killed, Aug. 20, 1847: Aged 24.

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/1319*.html



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