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1043……(Born N.C.)
Reuben P. Campbell
(Ap’d
N.C.)………27
Military
History. --- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1836, to July 1, 1840,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 2d
Dragoons, July 1, 1840.
Served: at the
Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pa., 1840; in the Florida War,
1840-42; in garrison at Mount Vernon, Ala., 1842; on frontier duty at Ft.
Jesup, La., 1842-45; in Military Occupation of
(First Lieut., 2d Dragoons, Nov. 3, 1845)
Texas, 1845-46; in the War
with Mexico, 1846-48, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846,
-- Battle of Resaca-dela-Palma, May 9, 1846, -- Battle of Monterey, Sep.
21-23, 1846, -- and Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 22-23, 1847; on frontier
duty, on march to California, 1848-49, --
(Bvt. Capt., Feb. 23,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct
in the Battle of Buena
Vista, Mex.)
at Los Angeles, Cal.,
1849, -- and Monterey, Cal., 1849; at the Cavalry School for Practice,
Carlisle, Pa., 1850; on frontier duty at Socorro, N.M., 1850-51, -- and Ft.
Conrad, N.M., 1851; on sick leave of absence,
(Captain, 2d Dragoons, Aug. 8, 1851)
1851-58; on frontier duty,
on Utah Expedition, 1858-59; and on sick leave of absence, 1859-61.
Resigned, May 11, 1861.
Joined in the
Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States, and was
Killed, June 27, 1862, at
the Battle of Gaines’s Mill, Va.: Aged 44.
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