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1181…..(Born Me.)
Theodore L. Chadbourne
(Ap’d at Large)…..15
Military
History. --- Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1839, to July 1, 1843,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d
Infantry, July 1, 1843.
Served: in
garrison at Ft. Niagara, N.Y., 1843-45; in Military Occupation of Texas,
1845-46; and in the War with Mexico, 1846, being engaged
(Second Lieut., 8th
Infantry, Sep. 10, 1845)
in the Battle of Palo
Alto, May 8, 1846, -- and Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, where after
distinguishing himself at the head of his command, he was
Killed, May 9, 1846:
Aged 23.
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