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rivate in Claiborne’s Company (1815), Sergeant in 8th Infantry Regiment (1846 - 1848); wounded at Palo Alto (minor shrapnel) Captain in 1st Northeast Missouri Cavalry Regiment (Confederacy); 1862, 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment (Confederacy); 1862 - 1863, captured at Brownsville, spent almost two years at Camp Chase, Ohio.
Timeline
1846 - 1848Mexican-American War
Served For
United States of America
Conflict Period
Mexican-American War
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Enlistment- 16 Jan 1846
Vermont
Private
Battle- 8 May 1846
Brownsville, Texas
Battle- 9 May 1846
Brownsville, Texas
Battle- 7 Jul 1846
Monterey, California
Battle- 9 Mar 1847
Heroica Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Battle- 18 Apr 1847
Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Battle- 20 Aug 1847
Mexico City, Mexico
Battle- 8 Sept 1847
Mexico City, Mexico
Battle- 12 Sept 1847
Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City, Mexico
Discharge- 2 Feb 1848
New York City, New York, USA
Sergeant
Award- 18 Apr 1848
Palmetto Medal
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
