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1173……(Born O.)
Roswell S.
Ripley
(Ap’d N. Y.)…………7
Military History.
– Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1839, to July 1, 1843, when he was
graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d
Artillery, July 1, 1843.
Served: in
garrison at Ft. McHenry, Md., 1843-44, -- Ft. Johnston, N. C., 1844, -- and
Augusta Arsenal, Ga., 1844-45; at the Military Academy, as Asst. Professor
of Mathematics, Sep. 20, 1845, to Jan.
(Second Lieut., 2d Artillery, Mar. 26, 1846)
17, 1846; on Coast Survey,
Jan. 24 to May 19, 1846; in the War with Mexico, 1846-48, being engaged in
the Battle of Monterey, Sep. 21-23, 1846, -- Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9-29,
1847, -- Battle of Cerro Gordo,
(First Lieut., 2d Artillery, Mar. 3, 1847)
Apr. 17-18, 1847, -- Battle
of Contreras, Aug. 19-20, 1847, -- Battle of Churubusco,
(Bvt. Captain, Apr. 18, 1847, for Gallant and
Meritorious Conduct in the Battle of Cerro Gordo, Mex.)
Aug. 20, 1847, -- Battle of
Molino del Rey, Sep. 8, 1847, -- Storming of Chapultepec, Sep. 13, 1847, --
Assault and Capture of the City of Mexico,
(Bvt. Major, Sep. 13, 1847, for Gallant and
Meritorious Conduct in the Battle of Chapultepec, Mex.)
Sep. 13-14, 1847, -- and as
Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Pillow, Aug. 6, 1847, to July 20, 1848; on
leave of absence, 1848-49, while preparing a “History of the War with
Mexico,” published in 1849; in Florida Hostilities against he Seminole
Indians, 1849-50; and in garrison at Ft. McHenry, Md., 1850-51, -- Ft.
Monroe, Va., 1851, -- and Ft. Moultrie, S. C., 1852-53.
Resigned, Mar. 2, 1853.
Civil History. –
Unknown
Joined in the
Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States.
Civil History. –
Unknown, nothing authentic having been received.
Died, Mar. 26, 1887, at New
York City: Aged 64.
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