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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1838

Vol. I
p702
953

(Born N. Y.)

James M. Ketchum

(Ap'd at Large)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1834, to July 1, 1838, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 3d Artillery, July 1, 1838.

Served: in the Cherokee Nation, 1838, while transferring the Indians

(First Lieut., 3d Artillery, Dec. 1, 1838)

to the West; in the Florida War, 1838‑39, 1840‑42; and in garrison at Ft. Morgan, Ala., 1842, — and Savannah, Ga., 1842‑44.

Resigned, Apr. 30, 1844.

Died, June 8, 1844, at Cincinnati, O: Aged 26.


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