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935??..(Born
Ky.) Nevil
Hopson
(Ap?d Ky.)????45
Military
History. ? Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1833, to July 1, 1837,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 1, 1837.
Served: on
frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1837-38; in the Florida War against the
Seminole Indians, 1839-40, 1841-42, being engaged in the Skirmish at
Martin?s Point Hammock, near Ft. Micanopy,
(First Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Dec. 31, 1842)
Dec. 28, 1840; in garrison
at Ft. Brooke, Fla., 1842-43, -- New Orleans Barracks, La., 1843, -- and
Baton Rouge, La., 1843-45; in the Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; and
in the War with Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Defense of Ft. Brown, May
3-9, 1846.
Dismissed, Aug. 22, 1846,
for Drunkenness.
Died, 1847, in Texas:
Aged 32
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