Mexican War

The Contribution of Wayne County, Ohio

The following is an excerpt from the book:

HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO
From The Days Of The
PIONEERS AND FIRST SETTLERS
To The
PRESENT TIME
By BEN DOUGLASS, Wooster, Ohio
Indianapolis, IND.
Robert Douglass, Publisher
1878

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Mexican War Soliders From Wayne County

May 12, 1846, a bill passed both Houses of Congress of the United States, declaring that war with Mexico already existed, by act of that power, and authorizing 50,000 volunteers, and an appropriation toward carring on the war of $10,000,000. On the following day, May 13, 1846, President James K. Polk formally declared war against Mexico, owing to the disturbed relations existing between the two countries, and the measures and policies of peace being exhausted. On September 21 --23 the battle of Monterey was fought, the first in importance after the proclamation of war. In pursuance of the call for 50,000 men the Nation responded.

On Tuesday, May 26, 1846, the 4th Brigade, 9th Division Ohio Militia, was hastily mustered in Wooster, for the purpose of encouraging volunteering. Over thirty that day signed the rolls. Captain Peter Burkett, of the Bristol Light Artillery, and David Moore, of the "Wooster Guards," were present with orders to enlist a company, which consisted of eighty-five men, and on Tuesday morning, June 9, 1846, they started for Massillon.

On the morning of their departure General Coulter, on behalf of the Wooster Cadets, presented them a handsom flag, making an appropriate speech, which was responded to by Captain Moore. Before leaving they were mustered on the northeast corner of the Public Square, where the members of the company were presented with Testaments by the ladies of Wooster. The company left Massillon on Thursday evening, June 11, on board two canal-boats, en route for Camp Washington, near Cincinnati. They broke camp at the aforesaid place early in the morning of the 3rd day of July, and that day left Cincinnati on the New Era and Tuscaloosa for New Orleans. They encamped for some time not far from that city, on the old Jackson battle ground.

James D. Robinson, M. D., of Wooster, was the first surgeon of the regiment, leaving Cincinnati July 3, for Mexico. They served in the 3rd Ohio Regiment, commanded by Colonel Samuel Curtis, a graduate of West Point, and for several years a lawyer in Wooster, and with George W. McCook as Lieutenant-Colonel. The treaty of peace was ratified at Queretaro, May 30, 1848.

The following is the Wayne county list of volunteers for the Mexican war:

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Age. . . .	Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Age. . . .	Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Age . . . .
D. Moore, Captain . . . . . . . . .28	Jacob Fleckinger . . . . . . . . . 24	Amos Chafee . . . . . . . . . . . .30
P. Burkett, 1st Lieut. . . . . . . 38	Henry Geyer . . . . . . . . . . . 19	Nathaniel Case . . . . . . . . . . 19
J. McMillen, 2n Lieut. . . . . . . 23	Robert Thompson. . . . . . . . . . 26	Uriah Fritts. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Eli Botsford, S. Major. . . . . . .	Wilson M. Stanley. . . . . . . . . 18	Charles B. Wood. . . . . . . . . . 22
F. M. Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . 22	George Richard . . . . . . . . . . 24	Duayane W. Rouse . . . . . . . . . 20
R. D. Emerson .. . . . . . . . . . 22	Isaac Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . 18	John F. Brainard . . . . . . . . . 29
John Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . 23	Thomas Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . 18	John Merrit. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
John Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . 30	James A. Freeman . . . . . . . . . 27	Jiles Shelden. . . . . . . . . . . 19
Daniel Wickey. . . . . . . . . . . 26	Eli B. Culbertson. . . . . . . . . 23	Terry Harris . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Jacob Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . 21	Jacob Stall. . . . . . . . . . . . 22	Daniel Duck. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
J. B. Rambaugh . . . . . . . . . . 24	John Yergen. . . . . . . . . . . . 36	William Strunk . . . . . . . . . . 19

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George Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . 19	Jesse Hess . . . . . . . . . . . . 21	Almon H. Powers. . . . . . . . . . 22
William H. Stoffer. . . . . . . . .19	J. E. Tweeig . . . . . . . . . . . 25	W. V. Vannostren . . . . . . . . . 22
Joseph Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . 22	Abraham Bowers . . . . . . . . . . 24	William Deviney. . . . . . . . . . 24
J. C. Plumer . . . . . . . . . . . 23	John Honn. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22	James A. Lowry . . . . . . . . . . 20
James Armstrong . . . . . . . . . .22	Jacob M. Crouse. . . . . . . . . . 26	M. H. Hemperly . . . . . . . . . . 32
Frederick Rice . . . . . . . . . . 20	William C. Atkinson. . . . . . . . 23	John Leach . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Barney Galvin . . . . . . . . . . 23	Charles Barrett. . . . . . . . . . 20	William Grow . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Howard Fishburn . . . . . . . . . 22	Josiah F. Coy. . . . . . . . . . . 21	George Wachtel . . . . . . . . . . 20
Wilson Bower . . . . . . . . . . . 20	L. C. Atkins . . . . . . . . . . . 23	James R. Dye . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Michael H. Hawk. . . . . . . . . . 25	William Moses. . . . . . . . . . . 18	Abram Stavig . . . . . . . . . . . 19
John O. Flanagan . . . . . . . . . 22	John Sample. . . . . . . . . . . . 19	Albin Blakely. . . . . . . . . . . 20
Homer Stanley. . . . . . . . . . . 28	Alexander Corretson. . . . . . . . 24	Oswald Sheeters. . . . . . . . . . 21
Jacob Bair . . . . . . . . . . . . 23	Samuel Fritts. . . . . . . . . . . 22	George Fritzinger. . . . . . . . . 21
James Crawford . . . . . . . . . . 20	Elijah Beach . . . . . . . . . . . 26	Cyrus J. McCollum. . . . . . . . . 20
George Reighley, Jr. . . . . . . . 30	Robert B. Lowry. . . . . . . . . . 33	Abraham Joliff . . . . . . . . . . 25
William Boyd . . . . . . . . . . . 35	Andrew Goliff. . . . . . . . . . . 18	A. C. Edmonds. . . . . . . . . . . 19
Robert Craven. . . . . . . . . . . 36	Michael Snyder . . . . . . . . . . 29	David F. Baits . . . . . . . . . . 21

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