1229…….(Born Ky.) John
J. C. Bibb (Ap’d at Large)….24
Military
History. --- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1840, to July 1, 1844,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d
Infantry, July 1, 1844
Served: on
frontier duty at Ft. Jesup (Camp Wilkins), La., 1844-45; in Military
Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico,
(Second Lieut. 3d
Infantry, June 18, 1846)
1846, being engaged in
the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, -- Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May
9, 1846, -- and Battle of Monterey, Sep. 21-23, 1846.
Resigned, Dec. 31,
1846.
Civil
History. --- Clerk in the office of the Solicitor of the U. S. Treasury
Department, Washington, D. C., 1849-54.
Died, Sep. 1854, at
Washington, D. C.: Aged 33.
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