1153…….(Born Va.)
George T.
Mason
(Ap’d Va.)………43
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1838, to July 1, 1842,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, July 1,
1842.
Served: at
the Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pa., 1842, -- Ft. Jesup, La.,
1842-43, -- Expedition to Arkansas River, 1843, -- Ft. Leavenworth,
(Transferred to 1st
dragoons, Mar. 6, 1843)
Kan., 1843-44, --
Scouting to Pawnee Villages, 1844, -- Ft. Leavenworth,
(Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, Sep. 13, 1844)
Kan., 1844, -- and Ft.
Jesup, La., 1844-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; and in the
War with Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Skirmish of La Rosita, near
Ft. Brown, Texas, where he was
Killed, Apr. 25, 1846:
Aged 27.
