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465……(Born
Me.)
Moses E. Merrill
(Ap’d Me.)………37
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1822, to July 1, 1826,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 5th
Infantry, July 1, 1826.
Second Lieut., 5th
Infantry, July 1, 1826.
Served: on
frontier duty at Ft. Armstrong, Ill., 1826-27, -- Ft. Snelling, Min.,
1827-28, -- Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1828, -- Ft. Brady, Mich., 1828-29, --
Ft. Mackinac, Mich., 1829, -- Ft. Brady, Mich., 1829-30, -- and Ft.
Mackinac, Mich., 1830; on Recruiting service, 1830-31; on frontier duty at
Ft. Mackinac, Mich., 1831-32, -- Ft. Howard, Wis.,
(First Lieut., 5th
Infantry, Mar. 4, 1833)
1832-41, -- Ft. Crawford,
Wis., 1841, -- Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1841, --
(Captain, 5th
Infantry, June 22, 1837)
and Ft. Brady, Mich., 1842;
on Recruiting service, 1842; on frontier duty at Ft. Brady, Mich., 1842-43,
-- and Ft. Mackinac, Mich., 1843-45; in Military Occupation of Texas,
1845-46; and in the War with Mexico, 1846-47, being engaged in the Battle of
Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, -- Battle of Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, --
Battle of Monterey, Sep. 21-23, 1846, -- Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9-29,
1847, -- Capture of San Antonio, Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of Churubusco,
Aug. 20-, 1847, -- and Battle of Molino del Rey, Sep. 8, 1847, where, while
leading the assaulting column under his command to the attack of the enemy’s
works, he was
Killed, Sep. 8, 1847: Aged
43.
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