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