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- He was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy from Madison, IN., graduated,
and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant, First Dragoons, on July, 1,
1845.
In the Mexican War he fought in the battle of Buena Vista and was cited for
gallant and meritorious conduct.
From 1850 to 1859 he served at various posts in Texas: FT. Croghan, Ft.
Belknap, FT. Phantom Hill, and Camp Cooper.
Givens was commander of a small garrison of troops suspected of setting fire
to the buildings at Ft. Phantom Hill in 1854, when that despised post was
finally ordered closed by the army.
He was acquitted in one court-martial and was suspended for nine months (of
which 51/2 months was remitted) in another.
He achieved the rank of captain on Feb., 28, 1857.
Capt. Givens, known as a hunter, kept a pack of trained dogs that were often
used by other officers for special hunts. His place on a tract of land in
Throckmorton and Shackelford counties in the 1850's, known as the Old Stone
Ranch, was the westernmost ranch on the northwestern frontier at the time,
beyond that of Indian agent Jesse Stem. The remains of two rock houses and
two large rock-walled corrals, built in 1856, still stand near Albany.
From the New Book of Texas. 1999
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