 | Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown - 1904 - 482 Seiten
...Mexico, 1846-47. He was promoted first lieutenant, March 3, 1847 ; was brevetted captain, Aug. 20, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco ; major, Sept. 8, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Molino Del... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown - 1904 - 438 Seiten
...to the City of Mexico; and on Aug. 20, 1847, he was promoted 1st lieutenant and bre vetted captain " for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco." He was assistant professor of French at the US military academy, 1848-49; in garrison at Fort McHenry,... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1906 - 966 Seiten
...to 1842, and as captain in the Mexican War in 1840-47, being brevetted major during the latter war for "gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco," and lieutenant-colonel for "gallant conduct at Belén Gate." He then served as assistant adjutantgeneral... | |
 | Charles Edgeworth Jones - 1909 - 184 Seiten
...of cadets, US Military Academy, 1854-'56; major 10th infantry March, 1855; brevet major August 20, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico, and lieutenant-colonel September 8, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - 1909 - 940 Seiten
...served in the Southern campaign during the Mexican War, and was brevetted first lieutenant and captain for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, and in the battle of Molino del Key, respectively. He subsequently served for sixteen years on frontier... | |
 | Ethan Allen Hitchcock - 1909 - 620 Seiten
...had already attracted such attention at Washington that he had been brevetted colonel on Aug. 2oth, "for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco"; and in his official report of this battle of Molino del Rey, General Scott said, " I also had the valuable... | |
 | Ethan Allen Hitchcock - 1909 - 548 Seiten
...had already attracted such attention at Washington that he had been brevetted colonel on Aug. 2oth, "for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco"; and in his official report of this battle of Molino del Rey, General Scott said, " I also had the valuable... | |
 | Charles Edgeworth Jones - 1909 - 182 Seiten
...1847; 1st lieutenant October 16, 1849; captain March 3, 1855; brevet 1st lieutenant August 20, }847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico; resigned January 19, 1861. Major corps of infantry CSA, March 16, 1861; colonel 8th Georgia... | |
 | William Arba Ellis - 1911 - 808 Seiten
...but was not again able to rejoin his regiment, and died iu 1859. He was brevetted major, August 20, 1847, for "Gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco, Mexico.' ' MONCURE ROBINSON, AM, LL. D. Moncure Robinson, son of the Hon. John Robinson... | |
 | Paul Leake - 1912 - 576 Seiten
...on the 9th of the follow-. ing month, and on the 20th of the following August was brevetted captain, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico. He received his regular commission as captain on the 2d of December, 1847, and was mustered... | |
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for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco... 
