Lieut Thomas H Easley, Jr

Lt. S. Of US Army Aged 25Y, Fell In The Battle Of Chenubusco Near The City Of Mexico.

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*** Register of Officers and Graduates

of the United States Military Academy 

Class of 1846

1319 Thomas Easley: Killed in the Mexican War a year after graduating.

(Born Va.) Thomas Easley (Ap'd Va.) 48

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., 8th Infantry, July 1, 1846.

Served: in the War with Mexico, 1846‑47, being engaged in the Siege

(Second Lieut., 2d Infantry, Feb. 16, 1847)

p297 of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9‑29, 1847, — Battle of Cerro Gordo, Apr. 17‑18, 1847, — Battle of Contreras, Aug. 19‑20, 1847, — and Battle of Churubusco, where, while advancing through a murderous fire to the assault of the strongly intrenched Convent serving as a citadel, he was

Killed, Aug. 20, 1847: Aged 24.

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