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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1846

Vol. II
p277
1299

(Born Pa.)

Thomas F. Castor

(Ap'd Pa.)

28

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1841, to July 1, 1846, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, July 1, 1846.

Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, Dec. 6, 1846.

Served: in the War with Mexico, 1847‑48, being engaged in the Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9‑29, 1847, — Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17‑18, 1847, — Battle of Contreras, Aug. 19‑20, 1847, — Battle of Molino del Rey, Sep. 8, 1847, — and Operations before and Capture of the City of Mexico, Sep. 13‑14, 1847; and on frontier duty at Crow Wing, Min., 1848, — Ft. Snelling, Min., 1848‑49, — Ft. Ripley, Min., 1849‑50, — Ft. Snelling, Min., 1850‑51, — Benicia, Cal., 1852, — Ft. Reading, Cal.,

(First Lieut., 1st Dragoons, Oct. 9, 1851)

1852, — Ft. Jones, Cal., 1852‑53, — Ft. Reading, Cal., 1853, — Ft. Jones, Cal., 1853, — Scouting, 1853, being engaged against Illinois Indians, in a Skirmish near the source of Illinois River, Or., Oct. 24, 1853, — Ft. Lane, Or., 1853‑54, — Benicia, Cal., 1854, — Ft. Miller, Cal., 1854, — and Ft. Tejon, Cal., 1854‑55.

Died, Sep. 8, 1855, at Ft. Tejon, Cal.: Aged 33.​a

Buried, Fort Tejon Military Cemetery, Kern County, CA.


Thayer's Note:

a His tombstone (q.v.) reads aged 35 yrs.


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