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INCREASING DISORDER IN HANCOCK COUNTY.
Thus perished one of the most conspicuous figures in the first half of the present century of American history. His mental capacity was larger than most of his hostile biographers have been willing to concede. His character presented many incongruities. While endowed with a masterful will, he was dominated by no less powerful passions ; and while his faith in his own powers as a seer and leader of men was unquestionably strong, he lacked the sound judgment necessary to enable him to reap the full fruition of his hopes and schemes. His contem- poraries pronounced him coarse, ignorant, and unprincipled-a self-seeking impostor, the most charitable characterizing him as a deluded fanatic. But to his followers, who believed him a truly inspired prophet, he was an idol while living, and his memory yet remains an object of veneration. His assassina- tion, while deplored by all good citizens, served to place him upon a pinnacle of fame which he could never have reached had his murderers left him to be overtaken by either judicial punishment or natural death.
The untimely and violent death of the Smiths, so far from putting an end to the existing difficulties between the Mormons and citizens, only served to aggravate them, and add to the already serious embarrassments of the governor. The unwel- come news of the breach of faith resulting in the catastrophe at Carthage reached his excellency when, having completed his visit at Nauvoo, he had proceeded about two miles on his re- turn from that city.
Being satisfied that he could not with any hope of success place himself at the head of either the Mormon or anti-Mor- mon party, both of whom had violated the law, and who irrec- oncilably hated each other, he had determined to raise an inde- pendent force outside of either, upon whom he might rely to restore order and peace. With this end in view, after visiting Carthage, and reinstating Gen. Deming in command and quiet- ing affairs there as best he could, he proceeded to Quincy. On the road to that city he heard of bodies of militia from the counties of Brown and McDonough who had been ordered out in his name, but without his knowledge, whose march to Carth- age he countermanded, and who thereupon returned home.
In the meantime the antagonism between the "Saints" and
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the Gentiles, as the Mormons called all those who disagreed with them, increased in bitterness and violence. A blind fanati- cism, aggravated by a spirit of revenge for the killing of the prophet, on the one side, and the hatred of a mad and furious populace, already infuriated by the taste of blood, on the other, made all attempts toward reconciling the contending parties and terminating the internecine strife unavailing. Midnight attacks, the burning of houses, depredations by marauding bands, and retaliatory outrages, followed on either side in rapid succession. The days were filled with turmoil and the nights with terror, with the din of predatory warfare.
At length it was determined by the anti-Mormon leaders to make the effort to expel their hated foes from the State by force. Preparations were accordingly concluded in the fall of 1844 for the assembling of several thousand citizens on the pretext of a wolf-hunt, with arms, ammunition, and provisions, for a six-days campaign. The governor being advised of the movement, upon consultation with the attorney - general and others, directed Gen. John J. Hardin, and Cols. Baker, Meriman, and Weatherford, with a force of four hundred men, to proceed to Hancock County, for the purpose of repressing the disturb- ances. The governor complained that he was compelled to appeal to leading whigs for that assistance and support which his own political friends hesitated to render.
Upon the arrival of the State militia, the malcontents aban- doned their intended raid, and those already collected dispersed. Attempts were made to apprehend some of the leading parti- sans who were accused of the murder of the Smiths, which ultimately resulted in their arrest or voluntary surrender. A travesty upon justice ensued in the form of their trial and ac- quittal in the summer of 1845. Such was the distracted condi- tion of society in Hancock County at this time that the admin- istration of the law, especially of the criminal code, was an impossibility. Indeed, the very forms of civil government had been superseded, law and order had ceased, and the community was practically in a state of anarchy.
In the winter of 1845-6, Gen. Hardin was once more called upon by the governor to aid in suppressing the disorders in the unruly district. Having raised a force of three hundred men, he
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CAMPAIGN AGAINST NAUVOO.
proceeded again to Carthage, where, after numerous attempts to bring the unnatural conflict to a close, an agreement was finally concluded by which the greater portion of the Mormons volun- tarily bound themselves to remove from the State in the spring of 1846; and by the middle of May it was estimated that six- teen thousand had crossed the Mississippi on their way to the Rocky Mountains.
The anti-Mormons, however, were determined not to rest satisfied until the last one of their detested enemies had left the country. Contrary to a later agreement, those of the Mor- mons who remained, a sufficient number to control the result, voted at the August election; and feeling that they were under superior obligation to the democratic party for favors shown them, supported its ticket, and the more strikingly to evince their gratitude, it was claimed, they voted three or four times each for that party's candidate for congress. This mad course raised the anger of the whigs to fever heat. The service early in August of another writ upon some citizens of Nauvoo and their arrest by a special constable being again resisted, the posse comitatus was again called out, which soon numbered several hundred men. To meet this action, the Mormons, hav- ing sworn out writs for the arrest of leading Gentiles, summoned a posse of Mormons to execute these also. "Here," says Gov. Ford, "was writ against writ; constable against constable; law against law; and posse against posse."
While the respective factions were preparing for active opera- tions, M. Brayman as the agent of the Governor proceeded in September to Nauvoo, and was successful in effecting an adjust- ment by which the Mormons agreed to surrender their arms, and remove from the State, in two months. But this was not satisfactory to a portion of the anti-Mormon force, and was rejected. Gen. Singleton, Col. Chittenden, and others of the anti-Mormon camp, disgusted at this determination, withdrew. Thereupon one Thomas S. Brockman, from Brown County, was placed in command. Gov. Ford describes the new leader as "a large, awkward, uncouth, ignorant, semi-barbarian, ambitious of office, and bent upon acquiring notoriety." However this may be, Brockman, on September 10, promptly marched his com- mand, now numbering eight hundred, against the Mormon city.
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The force of Mormons and their allies was about 250. The latter took up a position a mile east of the temple, and threw up some breastworks. Brockman stationed his posse about half a mile distant, and began the attack. Cannon and rifle balls filled the air for awhile, but at so safe a distance, and aimed with so little precision, that the resulting casualties were slight. Retiring on the second day for want of ammunition, he soon returned and resumed the attack, which continued for several days; the losses being, on the side of the Mormons, two killed and four wounded; and on the side of the Antis,' eleven wounded-one mortally.
The intervention of a deputation of citizens from Quincy, one hundred strong, put an end to the war. The Mormons were induced to submit to such terms as the posse chose to dictate. These were, without any mitigating conditions- to surrender their arms, and immediately remove from the State. The redoubtable Brockman, with his victorious command, now marched into the city with flying colors, to the admiration of a large crowd, and took possession. The leaders of the posse held despotic sway. They not only determined who should depart, and who remain, ordering the removal of many on a few hours notice, but also assumed to expel a portion of the new citizens, who had bought out the removing Mormons the previous spring.
The inhabitants were treated as those of a conquered city, and the proceedings culminated in leaving a company in posses- sion, under whose autocratic domination it was placed. Their reign, however, was short, and the governor was highly com- mended, for sending a company from Springfield to Nauvoo, October 28, who reestablished law and order, and restored to their homes some sixty families of expelled citizens.
The great body of Mormons who removed in the spring of 1846, after numerous hardships, wintered near Council Bluffs. In the spring they proceeded on their journey, having sent in advance a pioneer party in charge of Brigham Young. On July 21, 1847, they reached the valley of the Great Salt Lake, then a part of Mexico, where they once more established them- selves, and where, and in the adjacent territories, they have since remained.
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THE MEXICAN WAR.
The assassination of Joseph Smith, and the expulsion of the Mormons from this State, including many thousands of innocent women and children, can not be justified on any prin- ciple of natural equity or just government. Their unwelcome presence, made so by the offensive conduct of their leaders,. however intolerable, ought not to have subjected them, as a body, to evictional proceedings. High-handed and indefensible as these measures were, however, they proved to be beneficial to the Mormons rather than injurious. While what they claimed to be religious persecution bound them together more closely, it spread abroad their fame over the whole civilized world,. bringing them in return sympathy and recruits.
Their subsequent history, with its story of unparalleled pros- perity, their marvellous increase in numbers, wealth, and power, their controversy with the United States in reference to the allied questions of polygamy and local government, does not, however, fall within the scope of a history of this State, over which for a time their settlement cast a sombre shadow. These subjects are therefore relegated to the domain of the general historian .*
The war with Mexico, which was begun during the adminis- tration of Gov. Ford, being an event of national rather than of state importance, will be mentioned in these pages only so far as relates to the volunteers from Illinois, with a glance at their services in the field, and a brief summary of general results.
The annexation, on March 1, 1845, to the United States, of Texas, which formerly belonged to Mexico, and was still claimed as a part of its territory, was regarded by the latter republic as a virtual declaration of war between the two nations; and the occupation of the Rio Grande by Gen. Zachary Taylor, with an army four thousand strong, in March, 1846, under the direc- tion of President Polk, was considered by the Mexicans as the. actual commencement of hostilities.
* AUTHORITIES. - Ford's " History of Illinois;" "History of Mormonism, " by E. D. Howe; "Rise and Progress of Mormonism," by P. Tucker; "History of the- Mormons," by Samuel M. Smucker; "Life of Joseph Smith," by Edward W. Tul- lidge; " An Address to all Believers in Christ," by David Whitmer, 1881; "The Rocky Mountain Saints," by T. B. II. Stenhouse; two volumes of " Mormon Pam- phlets," in the Chicago Historical Society; " The Mormon Bible;" "Manuscript of Solomon Spaulding and the Book of Mormon," by James H. Fairchild, in "Mag. of Western History," IV, 30.
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ILLINOIS-HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL.
On April 24, a party of sixty-three American dragoons under command of Capt. Seth B. Thornton, sent out to observe the movements of Gen. Mariano Arista, was surprised and attacked by a body of Mexican lancers, on the river Rio Grande, about thirty miles above Matamoras, and compelled to surrender after the loss of sixteen men. Three days after the intelli- gence of this disastrous collision had reached Washington, Congress, on May 13, passed an act declaring that by "the act of the Republic of Mexico" a state of war existed between that government and the United States; and authorizing the President to accept the services of 50,000 volunteers, and appropriating $10,000,000 to carry on the war. Illinois was called upon to furnish three regiments of infantry, for twelve months' service, for the raising of which Gov. Ford issued his call on May 25. The response was prompt and enthusiastic- the first to volunteer being Gen. John J. Hardin of Jackson- ville. Thirty-five companies were reported to the governor in ten days, and as many more were asking to be accepted before these had been organized. The troops rendezvoused at Alton, under the direction of Judge James Shields, who, at that time commissioner of the land-office, had been appointed a brigadier- general. Here the organization of the different regiments was perfected, and they were mustered into the United States ser- vice by Col. afterward Gen. Sylvester Churchill.
Col. E. D. Baker, then a member of congress from the Springfield district, having been authorized to raise an addi- tional regiment, had only to select the required number of com- panies from those already tendered, in order at once to fill its ranks.
Under a second call for troops on April 19, 1847, two addi- tional regiments were organized and sent to the field from Illinois; being the First and Second in which the men were enlisted to serve during the war, but generally denominated the Fifth and Sixth.
Independent companies were also organized and accepted - commanded by Captains Adam Dunlap of Schuyler County ; Wyatt B. Stapp of Warren County; Michael K. Lawler of Shawneetown; and Josiah Little; besides these about 150 Illi- noisans enlisted in the regular army.
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MEXICAN WAR.
OFFICERS OF ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS IN MEXICAN WAR:
FIRST REGIMENT (12 months); served from June, 1846, to June 17, 1847: COLONELS FIRST LIEUTENANTS
John J. Hardin, killed at Buena Vista. William Weatherford, from Feb. 26.
LIEUT .- COLONELS
William Weatherford.
William B. Warren, from Feb. 26.
MAJORS
William B. Warren.
William A. Richardson, from Feb. 26.
ADJUTANTS
Benjamin M. Prentiss, promoted.
William H. L. Wallace, from Sept. '46.
SURGEONS
James H. White, transferred. C. Payton.
QUARTERMASTERS
John Scanland.
William Erwin.
CAPTAINS
F Albion T. Crow.
Jo Daviess
C Noah Fry.
Greene
D John L. McConnell. Morgan E John T. May.
A James D. Morgan, Feb. '47. Adams
H Samuel Montgomery. Scott
K Lyman Mower. Cook Adams I Benj. M. Prentiss, Sept. '46.
E Wm. A. Richardson, pro. Schuyler
E Geo. W. Robertson, Feb.'47. Schuyler
B Michael P. Smith, Nov. '46. Cook I William H. L. Wallace, adjutant.
B Elisha Wells. Cook C Joshua C. Winters.
G William J. Wyatt.
Morgan
G James M. Wood.
Morgan G Isaac S. Wright.
B E. B. Zabriskie, transf., aid to Shields.
SECOND REGIMENT (12 months); served from June, 1846, to June 18, 1847:
COLONEL
William H. Bissell.
LIEUT. - COLONEL
James L. D. Morrison.
MAJOR
Xerxes F. Trail. ADJUTANT
Augustus G. Whitesides, wounded at B. V. SURGEON
Edward B. Price. QUARTERMASTER George W. Prickett.
CAPTAINS
C James W. Baker, wounded at B. V. A Elzey C. Coffey, Washington
wounded at Buena Vista.
B Anderson P. Corder, from Feb. '47.
F John S. Hacker. Union
G Joseph K. Lemen. St. Clair
E Peter Lott, after Sept. 14. Madison
I Maddison Miller. Monroe
H Julius Raith. St. Clair
K Charles L. Starbuck, from Feb. '47.
B Henry L. Webb, resigned Nov. '46.
D Erastus Wheeler. Madison
K William Woodard, killed at B. V.
D Samuel R. Black.
K William Erwin, A. A. Q. M.
H Hezekiah Evans, wounded at B. V. Wm. Y. Henry, adjt. to Warren's bat.
B Patrick Higgins.
I Edmund S. Holbrook.
H Bryan R. Houghton, killed at B. V.
D John L. McConnell, pro.
E Allen Persinger.
I Benjamin M. Prentiss, pro.
C William C. Rainey.
E George W. Robertson, pro.
B Michael P. Smith, pro.
E John Scanland, A. A. Q. M.
G James H. Weatherford.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS
F Robert C. Buzan.
C Solomon S. Chester.
B William A. Clark.
A Geo. T. M. Davis, aid to Gen. Shields.
D James E. Dunlap.
A James Evans.
H Thomas H. Flynn.
D Nathan D. Hatfield.
D John L. McConnell, pro., wounded at Buena Vista.
K Matthew Moran.
E George S. Myers.
K Samuel S. Parsons.
I John Reddick.
H Thomas R. Roberts.
F Francis Ryan.
D Jacob W. Zabriskie, killed at Buena Vista.
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FIRST LIEUTENANTS
B John Bartleson, killed at Buena Vista.
F Sidney S. Condon.
C Turner R. DeButts.
K Nathaniel B. Dilhorn.
C Edward F. Fletcher, killed at B. V.
G Jacob C. Hinckley, act'g adjutant.
A Harvey Nevill.
H Nathaniel Niles, transf. to Texas co.
D George W. Prickett, A. A.
E John A. Prickett, wounded at B. V.
B John W. Rigby.
I Augustus G. Whiteside, adjutant.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS
B Aaron Atherton, killed at Buena Vista C John Brown, wounded at Buena Vista
E James Catron.
A Jackson Dennis.
H Adolphus Engleman, w'nded at B. V.
C Rodney Ferguson, killed at B. V.
D Joel Foster.
James M. Gaunt.
B F Alfonso Grammar.
B Timothy Kelly, killed at Buena Vista.
G Gilbert P. McFarland, act'g adjutant.
E Aston Madeira.
F Joseph Martin.
G Andrew J. Miller.
B William Price, killed at Buena Vista ..
K John D. Rees.
D William B. Reynolds.
C Lauriston Robbins, killed at B. V.
A Allan B. Rountree, killed at B. V.
A William B. Rountree. Isaac N. Selby, died at San Antonio, Dec. 7, '46.
C James Smith.
K Charles L. Starbuck, pro.
C James C. Steel, killed at Buena Vista.
H Louis Stock.
B William W. Tate.
I James H. Waddle.
K Nichodemus West, wounded at B. V.
I John L. Wilson.
THIRD REGIMENT (12 months); served from July, 1846, to May 25, 1847:
COLONEL
Ferris Foreman.
LIEUT .- COLONEL
William W. Wiley.
MAJOR
Samuel D. Marshall. ADJUTANTS
James T. B. Stapp, resigned.
Charles Everett, alter Sept. '46.
SURGEONS
James Mahan. J. Oneal.
QUARTERMASTERS
Nathaniel Parker. John S. Bradford.
CAPTAINS
D William W. Bishop. Coles C John Corlew.
F John A. Campbell.
B James Freeman. Shelby
I Jeduthan P. Hardy.
G Michael K. Lawler.
C James C. McAdams, Bond
died at Matamoras, Jan. 4, '47.
K Theodore McGinniss. Pope
E Benjamin E. Sellers.
A Philip Stout. Fayette
FIRST LIEUTENANTS
D John J. Adams.
A James Boothe. H Lewis F. Casey, resigned Nov. I, '46.
I Charles Coker, resigned Oct. '46. F Samuel Hooper.
E James M. Hubbard, res. Nov. '46. I E. A. Lasater, promoted.
F Jacob H. Love, died at Camargo, Oct. 5, '46.
E Samuel G. McAdams.
B W. L. McNeil, com'ding company.
F Ephraim Merritt, res. Nov. 28, '46.
G Alex. W. Pool, resigned Oct. '46.
G Samuel L. M. Proctor.
C Thomas Rose, com'ding company, severely wounded at Cerro Gordo.
A J. T. B. Stapp, resigned Sept. I, '46. H William A. Thomas. K George W. Walker.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS
C John Burk.
I W. C. Coons, resigned Nov. '46.
D Henry C. Dunbar.
A Charles Everett, jr., adjutant.
H Stephen G. Hicks. Jefferson B David Evey.
Gallatin K Green B. Field.
A Cyrus Hall.
D Charles E. Jones, died at St. Louis, Mar. 4, '47.
Thomas S. Livingston.
H K James McDonald.
G James S. Rearden.
E Isaac Redfearn.
I John I. Ritchie.
G William Stricklin. resigned Oct. '46. Samuel J. R. Wilson, res. Aug. '46.
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FOURTH REGIMENT (12 months); served from July, 1846, to May 29, 1847:
COLONEL
Edward Dickinson Baker.
LIEUT. - COLONEL
John Moore. MAJOR
Thomas L. Harris.
ADJUTANT
William B. Fondey.
QUARTERMASTERS
James A. Barrett. Joel S. Post.
CAPTAINS
Garrett Elkin. McLean D Alfred C. Campbell, com'd'g comp'y.
K John C. Hurt. Logan B Wm. L. Duncan, com'd'g company.
G Edward Jones.
Tazewell A William B. Fondey, adjutant.
H John S. McConkey. Edgar D John D. Foster.
D Achilles Morris, Sangamon died at Tampico, Feb. 15, '47.
E Daniel Newcomb. De Witt F
C Isaac C. Pugh, act'g field off'r. Macon
Horatio E. Roberts. Sangamon E
I Lewis W. Ross. Fulton
F Asa D. Wright.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS
A William T. Barrett. George W. Cowardan, killed at Cerro Gordo.
G Leonard A. Knott, died May 27, '47. Richard Murphy, mortally wounded at Cerro Gordo; died Apr. 20, '47. Richard J. Oglesby, com'd'g company. C
K Leonard F. Ross, com'd'g company.
F Robert C. Scott, wounded at Cerro G. Geo. W. Stipp, resigned Aug. I, '46. B Andrew J. Wallace, died at Camargo, Oct. 6, '46.
B James M. Withers, res. Oct. 20, '46.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS
H John Washington S. Alexander. A John S. Bradford, ass't commissary, after Aug. '46.
K David A. Brown.
C Anderson Froman, wounded at C. G. Benjamin Howard, wounded at C. G. Sheldon L. Johnson, dangerously wounded at Cerro Gordo.
Charles Maltby, wounded at C. G. John P. Post.
K Jas. L. Sharp, resigned May, '47. H Albert F. Shaw.
G William A. Tinney, com'd'g company after Dec. '46. Elias B. Zabriskie, trans. to Hardin's regiment.
FIFTH REGIMENT (Ist for the war); served from June 8, 1847, to Oct. 16, 1848:
COLONEL
Edward W. B. Newby.
LIEUT. - COLONEL F Thomas B. Kinney. Cook
D John C. Moses. Brown
I Franklin Niles, d. in Ill., July 24, '47.
MAJOR G Henry J. Reed. LaSalle
C Vantrump Turner. Marion
* FIRST LIEUTENANTS
I John H. Adams, pro.
K Manonah T. Bostwick. B William M. Eubanks, promoted.
B Benjamin F. Furlong, disch. by res.
C Isham N. Haynie.
D George A. Keith.
G Riley Madison.
F Alvan V. Morey.
H James I. Provost.
CAPTAINS
I John H. Adams, promoted, from
July, '47. Shelby and Moultrie A Thomas Bond. Clinton I Aaron D. Treadway.
B John M. Cunningham. Williamson
H James Hampton. Jackson
E George W. Hook. St. Clair
K Wm. Kinman, from June, '47. Pike
Henderson P. Boyakin.
Israel B. Donaldson. ADJUTANT
William H. Snyder.
SURGEONS
Daniel Turney. James D. Robinson, assistant.
QUARTERMASTER Richard N. Hamilton.
A Henry Richardson.
A John B. Roper, resigned May 20, '48.
E William H. Snyder, adjutant.
F Murray Floyd Tuley, res. Aug. 15, '48.
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SECOND LIEUTENANTS
D Samuel B. Alexander.
E Robert Beer, promoted.
I Jacob Brott.
E John T. Damron, died at Santa Fe,
D James H. Easly. [Dec. 24, '47.
A Levi Edmonds.
F Richard N. Hamilton, quartermaster.
K Constantine Hicks, susp. and res.
K R. E. Hicks, susp. and res.
B Robert M. Hundley.
F James M. Hunt.
K F
A Alexander H. Johnson. William Kinman, pro. John A. Knights.
H John Alex. Logan.
A Enoch Luckey.
G Simon Lundry.
I Thomas McDowell.
C Benjamin F. Marshall.
B Daniel R. Pulley.
G James Tebay.
H James Willis.
C Levi Wright.
SIXTH REGIMENT (2d for the war); served from Aug. 3, 1847, to July 25, 1848:
COLONEL
James Collins.
LIEUT .- COLONEL
Stephen G. Hicks, pro. from Forman's regiment.
MAJOR
Thomas S. Livingston. 1 ADJUTANTS
Henry S. Fitch, pro. James H. Sampson.
SURGEON
John L. Miller.
QUARTERMASTERS
Elisha Lewis. Lewis A. Norton.
CAPTAINS
E David C. Berry.
A James Bowman, died at Jalapa, Dec. 28, '47.
D John Bristow.
H James Burns.
K John Ewing, d. at Tampico, Oct. 3,'47. D Henry S. Fitch, Feb. '48.
I Edward E. Harvey, died at Puebla, Mar. 19, '48.
C Harvey Lee.
K Thomas J. Mooneyham, Ist lieut. to April, '48.
G John M. Moore.
James R. Pierce, died at Puebla, Mar. 28, '48.
A Levin H. Powell, from Jan. '48. William Shepard.
I Sewell W. Smith, from March, '48.
B Calmes L. Wright.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS
A Eli D. Anderson, died at Vera Cruz, Sept. II, '47.
E Lyman Andrews.
F John Bonney, died at San Juan, Sept. 21, '47.
E Sylvanus M. Goetchius.
D Henry W. Goode.
D John H. Hart.
A Jas. B. Hinde, sergt. - maj. to Jan. '48. A Willis B. Holden, died at Jalapa, Jan. 2, '48. Bushrod B. Howard.
B H Malachi Jenkins, died on Gulf, June 26, '48. K
Daniel Mooneyham.
I Lewis A. Norton.
E Thomas Oates, died at San Juan, Oct. 2, '47. Edward O'Melvany.
G E Thomas D. Timony, died Apr. 16, '48. Frank Wheeler.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS
Jabers J. Anderson.
Thomas J. Andrews.
K William Bates.
H Marquis L. Burns.
D Lorenzo E. Carter.
I William George Conkling.
A Alonzo H. Cox.
C Jesse W. Curlee.
I Hugh Fullerton. William Haywood.
C William J. Hawkins.
C
Richard M. Hawkins, died at Puebla, Mar. 28, '48.
F Spencer H. Hill.
D Hampton Hunter.
H Isaac B. Jack.
G Austin James.
Thomas James, jr.
A Jacob B. Keller, resigned. Elisha Lewis, A. Q. M. and com.
H James R. Lynch, died at Vera Cruz, Sept. 12, '47.
K William P. Maddox, died at Puebla, Mar. 20, '48.
K John H. Mulkey. A Hezekiah B. Newby, d. at National Bridge, Sept. 16, '47.
B William A. Poillon.
B James H. Sampson, adjutant.
F Lorenzo D. VanHook.
H Geo. W. Walker, res. Dec. 17, '47. D John Wyatt, resigned.
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INDEPENDENT COMPANIES OF ILLINOIS MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS FOR THE WAR:
FIRST, served (with Brig .- Gen. John E. | THIRD, served (with Brig .- Gen. Wool) Wool) from May 21, '47, to Nov. 7, '48 : from Aug. 13, 1847, to Oct. 26, 1848: CAPTAIN CAPTAIN Michael K. Lawler. Adam S. Dunlap. FIRST LIEUTENANT Samuel Lambert. SECOND LIEUTENANTS Simon Doyle. Calvin Jackson.
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