Erasmus Darwin Keyes (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Thomas Meehan · 1913
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Erasmus Darwin Keyes, a soldier and convert, was born at Brimfield, Massachusetts, on 29 May 1810, and died at Nice, France, on 14 October 1895. West Point took him in, and he graduated in 1832 with a lieutenant's commission in the Third Artillery. Service in the South during the Nullification troubles followed, and from 1837 to 1841 he served as military aide to General Scott.
Scott made him military secretary in January 1860. In May 1861 he became colonel of the 11th Infantry, soon after brigadier-general of volunteers. At the first battle of Bull Run he fought, and a corps in the Army of the Potomac came under his command. Gallantry at Fair Oaks won him the brevet of brigadier-general in the regular army. He resigned in May 1864, went to California, and became a Catholic at San Francisco in 1866.
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| CREATOR | Thomas Meehan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 1 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |