Approved Pension File for Mary C. Couch, Widow of Darius Couch, 7th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment (Colonel); and Major General, U.S. Army (WC-549267)
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Couch, Darius Nash, 1822-1897
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Couch was born in 1822 on a farm in the village of Southeast in Putnam County, New York, and was educated at the local schools there. In 1842 he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating four years later 13th out of 59 cadets. On July 1, 1846, Couch was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant and was assigned to the 4th U.S. Artillery. Couch then saw action with the U.S. Army during the Mexican–American War, most notably in the Battle of Buena Vista on February 22–2...
