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932…….(Born
Md.)
Randolph Ridgely
(Ap’d M.)……42
Military History.
– Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1832, to July 1, 1837, when he was
graduated and promoted in the Army to
Second Lieut., 3d
Artillery, July 1, 1837.
Served: in
garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va., 1837; in the Florida War against the Seminole
Indians, 1837-41, being engaged in the action of Locha-Hatchee, Jan. 24,
1838, -- and as Adjutant, 3d Artillery,
(First Lieut., 3d
Artillery, July 17, 1838)
Mar. 8, 1838, to May 1,
1841; in garrison at Ft. McHenry, Md., 1841-42, -- Savannah, Ga., 1842-44,
-- Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1844, -- and Ft. McHenry, Md., 1844, 1844-45; in
Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; and in the War with Mexico, 1846,
being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8
(Bvt. Cap., May 9, 1846,
for Gallant and Distinguished Conduct
in the Battles of Palo Alto
and Resaca-de-la-Palma, Tex.: Declined)
1846, -- Battle of
Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, -- and Battle of
(Bvt. Cap., Staff – Asst.
Adjutant-Gen., July 7, 1846)
Monterey, Sep. 21-23, 1846;
and, by the fall of his horse, was
Killed, Oct. 27, 1846, at
Monterey, Mex.: Aged 32.
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