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883………..(Born N.
Y.)
Collinson R. Gates
(Ap’d at Large)….42
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1832, to July 1, 1836,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th
Infantry, July 1, 1836.
Second Lieut., 4th
Infantry, Sep. 21, 1836.
Served: in the
Florida War against the Seminole Indians, 1830-37, being engaged in the
Battle of Wahoo Swamp, Nov. 21, 1836; in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., 1837;
in the Florida War, 1837-38; in the
(First Lieut., 8th
Infantry, July 7, 1838)
Cherokee Nation, 1838,
while transferring the Indians to the West; on Northern Frontier during
Canada Border Disturbances, at Plattsburg, N. Y., 1838, -- Sackett’s Harbor,
N. Y., 1838, -- Morristown, N. Y., 1838-39, -- Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y.,
1839, -- Ogdensburg, N. Y., 1839-40, -- and Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., 1840;
in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians, 1840-42, being engaged in
the Skirmish in Big Cypress Swamp, Dec. 20, 1841; in garrison at Ft. Brooke,
Fla., 1843, 1843-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War
with Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, --
(Bvt. Captain, May 9,
1846, for Gallant Conduct
in the Battles of Palo
Alto and Resaca-de-la-Palma, Tex.)
and Battle of
Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, where he was wounded; on Recruiting service
(Captain, 8th
Infantry, June 18, 1846)
1846-47; in the War with
Mexico, 1847-48, being engaged in the Capture of San Antonio, Aug. 20, 1847,
-- Battle of Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of Molino del Rey, Sep. 8,
1847, Storming of
(Bvt. Major, Sep. 8, 1847,
for Gallant Conduct in the Battle of Molino del Rey, Mex.)
Chapultepec, Sep. 13,
14\847, -- and Assault and capture of the City of Mexico, Sep. 13-14, 1847;
in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1848; and on frontier duty at San
Antonio, Tex., 1849, -- and Fredericksburg, Tex., 1849.
Died, June 28, 1849, at
Fredericksburg, Tex.: Aged 33. |
