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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1846

Vol. II
p264
1280

(Born Va.)

Clarendon J. Wilson

(Ap'd Va.)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1842, to July 1, 1846, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, July 1, 1846.

Served: in the War with Mexico, 1846‑48, being engaged in the Skirmish

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

of Embudo, N. M., Jan. 29, 1847, — and Assault of Pueblo de Taos, Feb. 4, 1847; and on frontier duty at Los Angeles, Cal., 1848‑49,

(Bvt. First Lieut., Feb. 4, 1847,
for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct in the Conflicts at Embudo and Taos, N. M.)

— San Luis Rey, Cal., 1849, — Stockton, Cal., 1849, — Stanislaus River,

(First Lieut., 1st Dragoons, Aug. 4, 1849)

Cal., 1849, — San Diego, Cal., 1849‑50, — San Luis Rey, Cal., 1850,º — and Los Lunas, N. M.,º 1852.º

Died, Feb. 21, 1853, at Albuquerque, N. M.: Aged 28.


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