773……(Born N. Y.)
Henry McKavett
(Ap’d N. Y.)………24
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1829, to July 1, 1834,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 1, 1834.
Served: on
frontier duty at Ft. Coffee, I. T., 1834-38; on Northern Frontier
(Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Mar. 26, 1835)
during Canada Bordr
Disturbances, at Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y.,
(First Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Dec. 25, 1837)
(Transferred to 8th
Infantry, July 7, 1838)
1838, -- Recruiting,
1838, -- and Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y., 1838-40; in garrison at Jefferson
Barracks, Mo., 1840; in the Florida War, 1840-41; in transferring Indians
to Arkansas, 1841; in the Florida War, 1841-42; in transferring Indians to
Arkansas, 1842-43; in garrison at Ft. Brooke, Fla., 1843-44; 1844-45, --
and Ft. Marion, Fla., 1845; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; 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, while gallantly storming the enemy’s works, he was, by a
cannon ball,
Killed, Sep. 21,1846:
Aged 32.
