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APPENDIX.

KENTUCKY OFFICERS IN THE MEXICAN WAR.

From the Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society is taken the following roster of the Kentuckians who served as officers in the war with Mexico both in the Regular and Volunteer armies. It contains so far as it has been possible to get the information the names of officers who were born in Kentucky and appointed from that state as well as of those born in Kentucky and appointed from other states. It is probably now impossible to get a complete roster of native-born Kentuckians who were officers of volunteers from other States. Perhaps half of those from Missouri were born in Kentucky as that State drew heavily upon this in its early settlement. For the same reason it is fair to assume that Kentuckians were well represented in the commands from Illinois and Texas and perhaps also from Tennessee, Indiana and Mississippi. From this latter state came Colonel Jefferson Davis of the Mississippi Rifles, a native of Kentucky.

Where brevets were conferred on officers of the Regular Army, the fact is indicated on the roster in parentheses after the officer's name. For instance: "Captain John B. Grayson, Commissary of Subsistence, (Major and Lieutenant Colonel, Contreras, Churubusco and Chapultepec)" indicates that Capt. Grayson was brevetted Major for gallant and distinguished conduct in one of those battles and Lieutenant Colonel for similar conduct in the others. Many of the officers on this roster subsequently served in the Federal or Confederate armies. Where this was the case,

the fact is indicated, together with the rank the officer held in the later service. Where the fact is known the date of the death of officers is also given.

THE REGULAR ARMY.

FIELD AND STAFF

Major General Zachary Taylor, Commander of the "Army of Occupation." Brigadier General Thomas S. Jesup. Died June 10, 1860.

Colonel George Croghan, Inspector General. "The hero of Fort Stephenson" in War of 1812 where Fremont, Ohio, now stands, and where there is a magnificent monument to his memory. Died January 8, 1849.

Captain Abner R. Hetzel, Quartermaster. Died in Louisville, July 20, 1847.

Captain John B. Grayson, Commissary of Subsistence (Major and Lieutenant-Colonel, Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec). Confederate Brigadier General. Died October 21, 1861.

Captain John S. Griffin, Assistant Surgeon. Captain Alfred W. Kennedy, Assistant Surgeon. Died June 3, 1851.

Captain John Sanders, Engineer Corps (Major, Monterey). Died July 29, 1859, at Fort Delaware, Del.

2nd Lieutenant Gustavus W. Smith. (Ist Lieutenant and Captain, Cerro Gordo and Contreras.) Confederate Major General.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas J. Wood, Topographical Engineer. (1st Lieutenant, Buena Vista). Union Major General.

FIRST DRAGOONS. Captain Benjamin D. Moore, killed December 6, 1846, in action at San Pasqual, California.

Captain Enoch Steen. (Major, Buena Vista). Wounded at Buena Vista. Union Lieutenant-Colonel. Died January 22, 1880.

1st Lieutenant Abraham Buford. (Captain, Buena Vista), Confederate Brigadier General. Died at Danville, Illinois, June 9, 1884. SECOND DRAGOONS.

2nd Lieutenant Newton C. Givens (1st Lieutenant, Buena Vista). Died March 9, 1859, at San Antonio, Texas.

2nd Lieutenant James M. Hawes, (Ist Lieutenant, San Juan de los Llanos, Mexico). Confederate Brigadier General. Died November 22, 1889, at Covington, Ky.

THIRD DRAGOONS.

Lieutenant-Colonel Died July 21, 1851.

Thomas P. Moore.

Captain Corydon S. Abell, Assistant Surgeon.

Captain Edgar B. Gaither. Died September 18, 1855, at Columbia, Ky.

2nd Lieutenant James J. Moore. Died February 19, 1850.

2nd Lieutenant William C. Wagley. MOUNTED RIFLES.

Captain George Bibb Crittenden, (Major, Contreras and Churubusco). Confederate Major General. Died November 27, 1880, at Danville, Ky.

Captain Henry C. Pope. Killed in a duel, May, 1848.

2nd Lieutenant William B. Lane (Union Major).

FIRST ARTILLERY.

2nd Lieutenant Theodore Talbott Union Captain.

THIRD ARTILLERY.

Capt. Robert Anderson of Fort Sumter fame (Major, Molina del Rey). Severely

wounded at that battle. Union Brigadier General. Died October 26, 1871, Nice, France. Captain John F. Reynolds (Captain and Major, Monterey and Buena Vista) Union Major General. Killed July 1, 1863, at battle of Gettysburg.

FOURTH ARTILLERY.

Died

First Lieutenant Thomas J. Curd. February 12, 1850, at Frederick, Maryland. First Lieutenant Samuel Gill. Died January 18, 1876, at Cincinnati, O. FIRST INFANTRY.

Major John B. Clark. Died August 23, 1847.

Captain John M. Scott (Major, Monterey). Died October 26, 1850, at Frankfort, Ky.

2nd Lieutenant William Logan Crittenden. Shot to death August 16, 1851, in Havana, Cuba, by the Spanish military authorities. Was a member of a force of men under Lopez struggling for Cuban freedom.

SECOND INFANTRY.

2nd Lieutenant J. Russell Butler. Colonel First Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate Army. 2nd Lieutenant James M. L. Henry. Died July 4, 1881, in Washington, D. C. THIRD INFANTRY.

Captain Edmund B. Alexander (Major and Lieutenant Colonel Cerro Gordo, Contreas and Churubusco), Union Colonel. Died January 3, 1888, at Washington, D. C.

Captain Philip N. Barbour (Major, Palo Alta and Resaca de la Palma). Killed at the battle of Monterey.

2nd Lieutenant John J. Crittenden Bibb. Died September 29, 1854, at Washington, D. C.

2nd Lieutenant John C. McFerran, Union Colonel. Died April 25, 1872, at Louisville, Ky.

2nd Lieutenant James N. Ward, (1st Lieutenant, Cerro Gordo). Died December 6, 1858, at St. Anthony, Minnesota.

FOURTH INFANTRY.

1st Lieutenant Richard H. Graham. Died October 12, 1846, of wounds received at the battle of Monterey.

SIXTH INFANTRY.

Capt. Thomas L. Alexander (Major, Contreras and Churubusco). Died March 11, 1881, at Louisville, Ky.

Capt. John B. S. Todd. Union Brigadier General. Died January 5, 1872, at Yankton, Dakota.

1st Lieutenant Edward Johnson (Captain and Major, Molina del Rey and Chapultepec). Confederate Major General. Died February 22, 1873, at Richmond, Va.

2nd Lieutenant Simon Bolivar Buckner. (1st Lieutenant and Captain, Contreras, Churubusco and Molina del Rey.) Confederate Lieutenant General. Governor of Kentucky.

SEVENTH INFANTRY.

1st Lieutenant Nevil Hopson. Died in 1847, in Texas.

2nd Lieutenant Samuel B. Maxey (1st Lieutenant, Contreras and Churubusco). Confederate Major General.

EIGHTH INFANTRY.

2nd Lieutenant Edmunds B. Holloway (1st Lieutenant, Contreras and Churubusco). Severely wounded at Churubusco. Confederate Colonel. Died May 16, 1861, at Independence, Mo., of wounds received mistakenly from his

own men.

NINTH INFANTRY.

2nd Lieutenant Robert Hopkins.

ELEVENTH INFANTRY.

2nd Lieutenant George Davidson.

THIRTEENTH INFANTRY.

Captain Hiram H. Higgins. Confederate Major.

2nd Lieutenant John L. Witherspoon. Died October 22, 1847.

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Captain Alexander C. Hensley, Assistant Surgeon.

Captain James D. Stuart, Assistant Surgeon.
Captain James W. Brannon.
Captain Edward Curd.

Captain Theophilus T. Garrard. Union Brigadier General,

Captain Edward A. Graves.
Captain Patrick H. Harris.

Captain Charles Wickliffe. Confederate Colonel. Died April 27, 1862, of wounds received at the battle of Shiloh, Tenn. 1st Lieutenant Charles J. Helm. 1st Lieutenant John T. Hughes. 1st Lieutenant George W. Singleton. 2nd Lieutenant Edward C. Berry. 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Evans. Confederate Major.

2nd Lieutenant Bernard H. Garrett.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas T. Hawkins. Confederate Major.

2nd Lieutenant Burwell B. Irvan.

2nd Lieutenant Francis McMordie.

2nd Lieutenant John A. Markley.

2nd Lieutenant James S. Smith.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas M. Winston. Union Major.

VOLTIGEUR REGIMENT.

Captain James D. Blair.

Captain Alexander P. Churchill.

2nd Lieutenant Charles F. Vernon.

THE VOLUNTEER ARMY.

THE FIELD and Staff.

Major General William O. Butler, Candidate for Vice President with Lewis Cass in 1848. Died in Kentucky August 6, 1880.

Brigadier General Thomas Marshall. Died in Kentucky March 28, 1853

Captain Theodore O'Hara, Quartermaster in the Regular Army, and special aide-decamp to Major General Zachary Taylor (Major, Contreras and Churubusco) Confederate Colonel. Author of "The Bivouac of the Dead." Died June 6, 1867.

FIRST KENTUCKY CAVALRY.

Colonel Humphrey Marshall, Confederate Brigadier General and member of Confederate Congress. Died March 28, 1872, in Louisville, Ky.

Lieutenant Colonel Ezekiel Field. Major John P. Gaines. Died in 1853 in Oregon.

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1st Lieutenant Joseph H. D. McKee. 1st Lieutenant John H. Morgan. Confederate Major General.

1st Lieutenant Samuel J. Patterson. 1st Lieutenant Wm. T. Torrance. 1st Lieutenant Jesse Woodruff. 2nd Lieutenant John Allen. 2nd Lieutenant Lowry J. Beard. 2nd Lieutenant Randolph Brassfield. 2nd Lieutenant George Mason Brown. 2nd Lieutenant John Mason Brown. Wounded at Buena Vista. Union Colonel. 2nd Lieutenant Thomas K. Conn. Wounded at Buena Vista.

2nd Lieutenant George R. Davidson. 2nd Lieutenant George W. Keene. 2nd Lieutenant John W. Kimbrough. 2nd Lieutenant John A. Wounded at Buena Vista.

Merrifield.

2nd Lieutenant Thomas J. Peak. 2nd Lieutenant George F. Sartain. 2nd Lieutenant Narbonne B. Scott. 2nd Lieutenant Green Clay Smith. Union Brigadier General. Member Congress, Governor of Montana Territory.

2nd Lieutenant George P. Swinford. FIRST KENTUCKY INFANTRY.

Col. Stephen Ormsby. Died April 16, 1869, near Louisville, Ky.

Lieutenant Colonel Jason Rogers. Died May, 1848, in Louisville, Ky.

Major John B. Shepherd.

1st Lieutenant William Fisher, Adjutant. 1st Lieutenant William Riddle, Adjutant. Thomas L. Caldwell, Surgeon.

John J. Mathews, Assistant Surgeon. Captain William L. Ball. Died July, 1846, in Matamoras, Mexico.

Captain Charles W. Bullen.
Captain John Fuller.
Captain Charles H. Harper.
Captain Ebenezer B. Howe.
Captain Florian Kern.
Captain William Minor.

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