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1189……..(Born
P.)
Robert Hazlitt
(Ap’d O.)…………..23
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1839, to July 1, 1843,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th Infantry, July 1,
1843.
Served: in
garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1843-44; on frontier duty at
Natchitoches (Camp Salubrity), La., 1844, 1844-45; in Military
(Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, Nov. 3, 1845)
Occupation of Texas,
1845-56; and in the War with Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of
Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, -- Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, -- and
Battle of Monterey, where, in an assault upon the enemy’s intrenchments, he
was
Killed, Sep. 21, 1846:
Aged 25.
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