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676…….(Born S.C.)
Edward Deas
(Ap’d S. C.)…….15
Military
History. -- Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1828, to July 1, 1832,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th
Artillery, July 1, 1832.
Served: on the
“Black Hawk Expedition,” 1832, but not at the seat of war; in garrison at
Ft. Gratiot, Mich., 1832-33, -- and Ft. Hamilton,
(Second Lieut., 4th
Artillery, Oct. 31, 1833)
N. Y., 1833-34, 1835; in
transferring Indians, May 24, 1835, to June 28
(First Lieut., 4th
Artillery, Oct. 24, 1836)
1836, and Apr. 20, 1837,
to Apr. 15, 1839; in garrison at Ft. Columbus, N. Y., 1839; at the Camp of
Instruction, near Trenton, N. J., 1839; on the Northern Frontier during
Canada Border Disturbances, at Cleveland, O., 1839-40, -- Recruiting, 1840,
-- Special duty, 1840-41, -- Detroit, Mich., 1841, -- and Sackett’s Harbor,
N. Y., 1841-42; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., 1842-43, -- Carlisle
Barracks, Pa., 1843-44, -- and Ft. Monroe, Va., 1844-45; in Military
Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; and in the War with Mexico, 1846-48, being
engaged in the Battle of Monterey,
(Captain, 4th
Artillery, Feb. 16, 1847)
Sep. 21-23, 1846, -- on
Quartermaster duty, 1846-47, -- and in garrison at Buena Vista, Mex.,
1847-48
(Dismissed, Apr. 11, 1848,
and Reinstated, June 15, 1848, with Former Rank)
Drowned, May 16, 1849, in
the Rio Grande, Tex.: Aged 37.
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