US Military Academy at West Point Graduate Vol. II
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(Born Vt.)
George Stevens
(Ap'd Vt.)
18
Born June 8, 1821.
Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1839, to July 1, 1843, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., Rifles, July 1, 1843.
Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, Aug. 31, 1843.
Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1843‑45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845‑46; and in the War with Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, — Battle of Resaca-de‑la‑Palma, May 9, 1846, — and in the Passage of the Rio Grande was
Drowned, May 18, 1846: Aged 25.
Buried, Ft. Brown, TX.
Cenotaph at Stevens Cemetery, Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont.
US Military Academy at West Point Graduate Vol. II
p169 1184
(Born Vt.)
George Stevens
(Ap'd Vt.)
18
Born June 8, 1821.
Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1839, to July 1, 1843, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., Rifles, July 1, 1843.
Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, Aug. 31, 1843.
Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1843‑45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845‑46; and in the War with Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, — Battle of Resaca-de‑la‑Palma, May 9, 1846, — and in the Passage of the Rio Grande was
Drowned, May 18, 1846: Aged 25.
Buried, Ft. Brown, TX.
Cenotaph at Stevens Cemetery, Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont.
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