1213………(Born Ky.)
Thomas J. Curd
(Ap’d Ky.)…………8
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., 1st
Artillery, July 1, 1844.
Served: in
garrison at Hancock Barracks, Me., 1844-45; in Military Occupation of Texas,
1845-46, at Corpus Christi; and in the War with Mexico, 1846
(Second Lieut., 4th
Artillery, June 18, 1846)
being engaged in the
Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, --
(First Lieut., 4th
Artillery, Mar. 3, 1847)
Battle of
Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, -- and Battle of Monterey, Sep. 21, 23,
1846.
Resigned, Dec. 4, 1847.
Civil History. –
Professor of Mathematics, College of the Holy Cross Worcester, Mas., Dec. 4,
1847, to mar. 30, 1849. Novitiate St. Ignatius, Frederick, Md., 1849.
Died, Feb. 12, 1850,
at Frederick, Md.: Aged 25.
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