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1162……….(Born Mis.)
Earl Van Dorn
(Ap’d Mis.)……52
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1838, to July 1, 1842,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, July 1, 1842.
Served: in
garrison at Ft. Pike, La., 1842-43, -- Ft. Morgan, Ala., 1843, -- Mount
Vernon Arsenal, Ala., 1843-44, -- and Pensacola harbor,
(Second Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Nov. 30, 1844)
Fla., 1844-45; in Military
Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with Mexico, 1846-48, being engaged
in the Defense of Ft. Brown, May 3-9, 1846, -- Battle of Monterey, Sep.
21-23, 1846, -- Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9-29, 1847, -- Battle of Cerro
Gordo, Apr. 17-18, 1847, -- Battle
(First Lieut., 7th
Infantry, Mar. 3, 1847)
(Bvt. Capt., Apr. 18,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Battle of
Cerro Gordo, Mex.)
Of Contreras, Aug. 19-20,
1847, -- Battle of Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847,
(Bvt. Major, Aug. 20,
1847, for Gallant and Meritorious
Conduct in the Battles of
Contreras and Churubusco, Mex.)
Storming of Chapultpec,
Sep. 13, 1847, -- Assault and Capture of the City of Mexico, Sep. 13-14,
1847, where he was wounded on entering the Belen Gate, Sep. 13, 1847, -- and
as Aide-de-Camp to Bvt. Maj.-Gneral P. F. Smith, Apr. 3, 1847, to May 20,
1848; in garrison at Baton Rouge, La., 1848-49, -- and Jefferson Barracks,
Mo., 1849; in Florida Hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1849-50; on
Recruiting service, 1850-51; as Secretary of the East Pascagoula Branch
Military Asylum, Mis., Nov. 6, 1851, to mar. 26, 1855, stationed at New
Orleans,
(Captain, 2d Cavalry, Mar.
3, 1855)
La.; on Recruiting
service, 1855; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1855; on frontier
duty, at Camp Cooper, Tex., 1855-56, -- Scouting in Northern Texas, 1856,
being engaged in a Skirmish with Comanche Indians, July 1, 1856, -- Camp
Colorado, Tex., 1856-57, -- Scouting, 1857, -- Camp Colorado, Tex., 1857-58,
-- Ft. Chadbourne, Tex., 1858, -- commanding Expedition against Comanche
Indians, being engaged in the Combat near Washita Village, I. T., Oct. 1,
1858, where he was four times wounded (twice dangrously, by two arrows), --
Camp Radziminski, I. T., 1858-59, -- Camp Colorado, Tex., 1859, in command
of Scout against Comanche Indians, 1859, being engaged in a Combat in the
Valley of Nessentunga, May 13, 1859, -- and Ft. Mason, Tex.,
(Major, 2d Cavalry, June
28, 1860)
1859-60, 1860; and on
leave of absence, 1860-61.
Resigned, Jan. 31, 1861.
Joined in the
Rebellion of 1861-66 against the United States, and was
Assassinated, May 8, 1863,
in Maury County, Ten.: Aged 42. |
