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Class of 1840

Vol. II
p47 1037

(Born N. Y.)

Thaddeus Higgins

(Ap'd N. Y.)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1836, to July 1, 1840, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 4th Infantry, July 1, 1840.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Jesup, La., 1840‑42, — and Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1842; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1842‑44; on frontier duty at Natchitochesº (Camp Salubrity), La., 1844‑45; in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845; and by the bursting of a steamer's boiler, was

Killed, Sep. 12, 1845, near Corpus Christi, Tex.: Aged 28.

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