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1037………(Born Pa.)
Thaddeus
Higgins
(Ap’d Pa.)………….21
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1836, to July 1, 1840,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 4th
Infantry, July 1, 1840.
Served: on
frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1840-42, -- and Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1842; in
garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1842-44; on frontier duty at
Natchitoches (Camp Salubrity), La., 1844-45; in Military Occupation of
Texas, 1845; and by the bursting of a steamer’s boiler, was
Killed, Sep. 12, 1845,
near Corpus Christi, Tex.: Aged 28.
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