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913…….(Born Ga.)
George Taylor
(Ap’d
Ga.)……………23
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1833, 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, 1837-38; in the
Cherokee Nation, 1838, while transferring the Indians to
(First Lieut., 3d
Artillery, July 7, 1838)
the West; in the Florida
War, 1838-42; at the Military Academy, as
(Bvt. Capt., Mar. 1, 1842,
for Gallantry and Meritorious
Services in the War
Against the Florida Indians)
Asst. Professor of
Mathematics, Apr. 4, 1842, to Aug. 31, 1843; in garrison at Ft. Johnston, N.
C., 1843-45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with
Mexico, 1846, 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,
(Captain, 3d Artillery,
Feb. 16, 1847)
Mar. 9-29, 1847, -- Battle
of Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17-18, 1847, -- Combat of Huamantla, Oct. 9, 1847, --
and Action of Atlixco, Oct. 12,
(Bvt. Major, Oct. 9, 1847, for Gallant and
Meritorious Conduct in the Battle of Huamantla, Mex.)
1847; on Recruiting
service, 1848; in garrison at Ft. Trumbull, Ct., 1848-49, 1850-52, 1853; and
was lost on voyage to California, 1853, in the steamer San Francisco, from
which he was washed overboard during a violent storm, by a heavy sea, which
swept off his wife, four officers, and 180 soldiers of the 3d Regiment of
Artillery, and several others, all of whom, save two, perished with him.
Drowned, Dec. 24, 1853,
off the Capes of the Delaware: Aged 37.
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