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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1849

Vol. II
p380
1418

(Born Ky.)

Edward D. Stockton

(Ap'd Ky.)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1845, to July 1, 1849, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 7th Infantry, July 1, 1849.

Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, Aug. 31, 1849.

Served: in Florida Hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1849‑50; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1850; on frontier duty at Ft. Merrill, Tex., 1850, 1851‑52; and at the Military Academy, 1852‑56, as Asst. Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, May 6, 1852,

(First Lieut., 1st Infantry, Mar. 2, 1853)

to Oct. 9, 1855, — and Principal Asst. Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Oct. 9, 1855, to Sep. 30, 1856; and en route to join his company, 1856‑57, when he

Died, Mar. 12, 1857, at San Antonio, Tex.: Aged 28.


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