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1106……(Born D.
C.) Levi Gantt
(Ap’d Md.)………48
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1837, to July 1, 1841,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d
Infantry, July 1, 1841.
Served: in the
Florida War, 1841-42; in garrison at Ft. Brooke, Fla., 1842-43,
(Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Apr. 30, 1842)
and Baton Rouge, La.,
1843-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico,
1846-47, being engaged in the Defense of Ft. Brown, May 3-9, 1846, -- Battle
of Monterey, Sep. 21-23, 1846, -- Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9-29, 1847, --
Battle of
(First Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Feb, 16, 1847)
Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17-18,
1847, -- as Quartermaster, 7th Infantry, 1847, -- Battle of
Contreras, Aug. 19-20, 1847, -- Battle of Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, --
Battle of Molino del Rey, Sep. 8, 1847, -- and Battle of Chapultepec, where,
while leading and pressing forward, with most daring intrepidity, a Company
of Stormers to the Assault of the castle, he was
Killed, Sep. 13, 1847:
Aged 30.
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