Memorial of Captain Thomas Abbey, his ancestors and descendants of the Abbey family, pathfinders, soldiers and pioneer settlers of Connecticut, its Western Reserve in Ohio and the great West .. . CAPTAIN ABBEYS GREAT^GREAT. GREATS GRANDSON LIEUT. HENRY ABBEY, Jr., U. S. A., 1887 MARRIED MAY 5, 1914, LUCRETIA MILLER,DAUGHTER OF MAJOR CHARLES MILLER. U. S. ADVANCE GUARD TENTH CAVALRYIN MEXICO. SUSTAINED FIRST VILLA ATTACK ATAGUASCALIENTES, APRIL 1, 1916, AND WITH 30 MENROUTED 150 MEXICANS. SEAL ANDINSCRIPTION IN THIRD SECTION OF NORTHWEST SEAT. 5 3 NEGRO TROOPERS* VICTORY How Thirty
Memorial of Captain Thomas Abbey, his ancestors and descendants of the Abbey family, pathfinders, soldiers and pioneer settlers of Connecticut, its Western Reserve in Ohio and the great West .. . CAPTAIN ABBEYS GREAT^GREAT. GREATS GRANDSON LIEUT. HENRY ABBEY, Jr., U. S. A., 1887 MARRIED MAY 5, 1914, LUCRETIA MILLER,DAUGHTER OF MAJOR CHARLES MILLER. U. S. ADVANCE GUARD TENTH CAVALRYIN MEXICO. SUSTAINED FIRST VILLA ATTACK ATAGUASCALIENTES, APRIL 1, 1916, AND WITH 30 MENROUTED 150 MEXICANS. SEAL ANDINSCRIPTION IN THIRD SECTION OF NORTHWEST SEAT. 5 3 NEGRO TROOPERS* VICTORY How Thirty of Them Put to Flight 150 Bandits April 1 Pershings Camp at Front, Mexico, April 7, by courier toColumbus, New Mexico, April 14.—About thirty men of theTenth Cavalry, negroes, who were in the fight with Villa banditsApril 1 at Aguascalientes, arrived here to-day for rest and re-outfitting. The men were sure they had killed more than thethree dead covered in the official report. Three times the Villaforces, numbering about 150, attempted to ambush the advanceguards of the Tenth. Not more than three troops of the Tenthparticipated in the fight, which lasted an hour and a half. The Tenth was riding for Guerrero when they approachedthe town of Aguascalientes. Nearing the top of a rise, theadvance guard was, without warning, subjected to volley fire,coming simultaneously from both sides of the road. The Villamen shooting at them were behind hills on either side. Troop Eof the Tenth was brought up at a trot, while Troop F went aroundto flank the Vill
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