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1222……..(Born Pa.)
James S.
Woods
(Ap’d Pa.) 17
Military
History. – Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1840, to July 1, 1844,
when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to
Bvt. Second Lieut., 4th
Infantry, July 1, 1844.
Served: on
frontier duty at Natchitoches (Camp Salubrity), La., 1844-45; in Military
Occupation of Texas, 1845-46; in the War with
(Second Lieut., 2d
Infantry, June 18, 1846)
Mexico, 1846, being
engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, --
(Bvt. First Lieut., May 9,
1846, for Gallant Conduct
in the Battles of Palo
Alto and Resaca-de-la-Palma, Tex.)
Battle of
Resaca-de-la-Palma, May 9, 1846, -- and Battle of Monterey, where in
storming the enemy’s intrenchments, he was
Killed, Sep. 21, 1846:
Aged 22.
Died, Dec. 13, 1855, at
Troy, N. Y.: Aged 38. |
