. Annals of the Army of the Cumberland: . ve, June20, 1840, and on the 1st of July was appointed second lieutenantin the 3d Artillery. In November of the same year he joinedhis regiment in Florida, eighteen months previous to the termi-nation of the First Florida War. November 6,1841, he was bre-vetted first lieutenant for gallant conduct in the war againstthe Florida Indians. The regiment having been ordered fromFlorida in January, 1842, Lieutenant Thomas went with hiscompany to New Oileans barracks, and in June of the sameyear to Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor. Eemaining thereuntil Dece
. Annals of the Army of the Cumberland: . ve, June20, 1840, and on the 1st of July was appointed second lieutenantin the 3d Artillery. In November of the same year he joinedhis regiment in Florida, eighteen months previous to the termi-nation of the First Florida War. November 6,1841, he was bre-vetted first lieutenant for gallant conduct in the war againstthe Florida Indians. The regiment having been ordered fromFlorida in January, 1842, Lieutenant Thomas went with hiscompany to New Oileans barracks, and in June of the sameyear to Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor. Eemaining thereuntil December, 1843, he was ordered to duty with Company C,od Light Artillery, then stationed at Fort McHenry, 17, 1843, he was promoted first lieutenant of artillery, andin the spring of 1844 joined Company E, 3d Artillery, at FortMoultrie. War with Mexico being now threatened. Lieutenant Thomaswas ordered with his company to Texas, in July, 1845, to reportfor duty to General Zacliary Taylor. The company arrived at ^^^^^^aiBALTSo^^^. MAJOR-GENERAL G. H. THOMAS. 57 Corpus Christi the same month, in company with the 3d and 4thregiments of infantry, they being the first United States troopsthat occupied the soil of Texas. With the army of occupationhis company marched from Corpus Christi to the Eio Grande,and, with one company of the 1st Artillery and six companiesof the 7th United States Infantry, was left to garrison FortBrown, opposite Matamoras, while General Taylor, with themain body of his army, fell back to Point Isabel, there to esta-blish a depot of supplies. X)n the 2d of May, Fort Brown wasinvested by the Mexicans, and the garrison sustained a bombard-ment until the afternoon of the 8th, when the enemy withdrewto Resaca de la Palma to reinforce General Ampudia, who hadthe same day been driven from his position at Palo Alto by Gene-ral Taylor while marching to the relief of Fort Brown. Onthe 9th, General Taylor repulsed the Mexicans at Eesaca de laPalma, and drove t
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