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Notes: William
"Harrison" Harry Daily was
born in Charlestown, Clark Co., Indiana in 1819
and was the eldest child of David Wise Daily and
his wife, Mary A. (Shirley). He was a 1st
lieutenant, Adjutant, of Company I of the 3rd
regiment and was mustered in on 22 June 1846 at
New Albany, Indiana, by Colonel Samuel Churchill.
Transferred to staff, Harrison was mustered out
24 June 1847, at New Orleans, Louisiana.
D.W.
Daily was father of Harrison Daily. He
was born David Wise Daily in Charlestown, Indiana
on 16 August 1798 and was the son of Philip Daily
and Mary (Wise).
William
Jenkins "Worth" was born in
Hudson, New York on 01 Mar 1794, and was the son
of Thomas and Abigail (Jenkins). He served in the
War of 1812 in which he was severely wounded and
permanently lamed at the battle of Lundy's Lane.
He married Margaret Stafford of Albany, New York
in 1818, and after becoming an instructor of
tactics at West Point, he was promoted to major,
ordance bureau. During the 1830s he served under
Winfield Scott in the Illinois campaign against
the Black Hawks, and in 1840 was transferred to
Florida where he was successful in ending the
Seminole War, and thereby made a brigadier
general. During the Mexican War he served under
Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott,
participating in the battle of Monterey in 1846.
He led the first troops ashore in the amphibious
landing at Veracruz, and commanded the troops
that captured Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City
in 1847. While assigned as a commander of the
Department of Texas, he contracted cholera from
his troops and died in San Antonio on 07 May
1849.
James
Duncan was born in Cornwall, New York in
September of 1810. He graduated from the U.S.
Military Academy in 1834 and went on to join the
artillery. He fought and commanded during the
Florida War; and during the Mexican American War
he engaged in combat at the battles of Palo Alto,
Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, Cerro Gordo, and
Churubusco. After being promoted to Colonel, he
became an assistant professor of mathematics at
the U.S. Military Academy. In 1848 President
James K. Polk appointed him as Inspector General
of the United States Army and on an inspection
trip in 1849 he contracted yellow fever and died
on July 3rd in Mobile, Alabama.
General
Zachary Taylor was born in
Barboursville, Virginia in 1784. In 1808, he
joined the U.S. Army and was commissioned as a
first lieutenant. Soon afterward he was ordered
west into Indiana Territory, taking command of
Fort Harrison. In the War of 1812 he became known
as an excellent military commander. He served in
the Black Hawk War and the Second Seminole War
(1835–1842), and in 1846 President James K.
Polk sent an army under his command to the Rio
Grande. When the Mexicans attacked his troops,
Taylor defeated them despite being outnumbered
four to one and he won additional important
victories at Monterrey and Buena Vista, becoming
a national hero. He was sworn in as the 12th
President of the U.S. on 05 Mar 1849, and died
the following year in Washington D.C. on the 9th
of July.
John
Ellis Wool was born in Newburg, New York
on 20 Feb 1784, the son of a Revolutionary
soldier. He served in the War of 1812 and in 1836
effected the transfer of the Cherokee Indians
west of the Mississippi. In 1841 he was appointed
brigadier general and was active at the beginning
of the Mexican War preparing volunteer forces for
the field. In less than six weeks, he dispatched
12,000 fully armed and equipped men. He was
General Zachary Taylor's second in command at
Buena Vista, and for gallant and meritorious
conduct in that battle was brevetted
major-general in 1847. Promoted to Major General
in 1862, he died on 10 Nov 1869 in Troy, New
York.
General
Winfield Scott was born in 1786 near
Petersburg, Virginia and became known as Old Fuss
and Feathers because of his attention to detail
and a penchant for gaudy uniforms. He fought in
the War of 1812, the Blackhawk War, the Seminole
Wars, the Mexican-American War, and the American
Civil War. During the Mexican-American War, he
commanded the southern of the two United States
armies (Zachary Taylor commanded the northern
army). Landing at Veracruz, he followed the
approximate route taken by Hernando Cortez in
1519 and assaulted the city of Mexico. Scott's
opponent in this campaign was Mexican President
and general Antonio López de Santa Anna. Despite
high heat and difficult terrain, Scott won the
battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco,
and Molino del Rey and then assaulted the fort of
Chapultepec on September 13, 1847 after which the
city surrendered. As military commander of Mexico
City, he was held in high esteem by Mexican civil
and American authorities alike.
Lieutenant
Colonel Henry Smith Lane was from
Montgomery County, was mustered in 20 Jun 1846,
at New Albany, Indiana, by Colonel Samuel
Churchill, transferred 1 Jan 1847 to Staff
Lieutenant Colonel, mustered out 16 Jun 1847 at
New Orleans, Louisiana, by Colonel Samuel
Churchill. He was the son of James Hardage Lane
and Sarah (Smith) and was born near Sharbsburg,
Bath Co., Kentucky on 24 Feb 1811. He began
practicing law in Mt. Sterling, KY in 1832, and
in 1834 Lane was elected to the Indiana House of
Representatives as a member of the Whig Party and
was closely aligned with beliefs of Henry Clay.
When the Mexican War broke out, Lane organized a
company of volunteers, which later became part of
the 1st Indiana Regiment. By the end of the war,
he had risen to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He returned to Crawfordsville where he died on 18
Jun 1881 and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Colonel
James Henry Lane was born at
Lawrenceburg, Indiana, on 22 June 1814. He was
the son of Amos Lane, a political leader and
member of the Indiana House of Representatives.
Receiving a common school education, James later
studied law and in 1840 was admitted to the bar.
During the Mexican War he served as a colonel
under General Taylor, and then commanded the
Fifth Indiana regiment which he had raised. He
later became a principal leader of the
anti-slavery forces and was targeted by
Confederate forces, including the 1863 notorious
raid of William Quantrill on Lawrence which had
somewhat been motivated by with the hope to find
and kill the Senator. After Lincoln's
assassination, Lane deserted the radical
Republicans and became a supporter of Andrew
Johnson. He not only opposed slavery but
supported civil rights and political equality for
African-Americans, aiding them to escape slavery
in Missouri and Arkansas and personally assembled
one of the first black regiments. When his
supporters in Kansas harshly condemned his change
in politics, Lane, who was considered of fragile
mental health, shot himself on 01 July 1866, and
died ten days later near Fort Leavenwoth, Kansas.
General
William Orlando Butler was born in 1791
in Carrollton, Kentucky, he served in the War of
1812 and distinguished himself in the battle of
New Orleans. He was a Congressman from 1839 to
1843. In the Mexican War he was a major general
of volunteers and was second in command to
Zachary Taylor at Monterey, where Butler was
wounded. After the fighting ended he succeeded
Winfield Scott as commander in chief and
superintended the evacuation of the U.S. soldiers
from Mexico. In 1848 he was vice presidential
candidate on the unsuccessful Democratic ticket
headed by Lewis Cass. Although a slaveholder, he
opposed secession and supported the Union cause
in the Civil War.
Camargo
was founded in 1749 and was the first settlement
on the lower Rio Grande. Located west of Reynosa,
east of Cerralvo, and southeast of Mier. Most of
its settlers came from Cerralvo, Cadereyta,
Monterrey and those surrounding townships. On 14
July 1846, the U.S. forces occupied Camargo and
Taylor established it as another depot. Situated
three hundred miles up the shallow Rio Grande, it
could be supplied only by steamboat.
Tampico
is a Mexican city located on the Pánuco River, a
few miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. It was
occupied by a U.S. force during the Mexican War
and by French troops in 1862, during the French
intervention. With the discovery of oil around
1900 by English and American geologists, it
became Mexico's most important seaport, and
although it is used primarily for Mexico's
petroleum industry, it possesses excellent modern
facilities and serves as an export center for
other goods, including cattle, hides, sugar, and
additional agricultural products.
Vera
Cruz, a key seaport for Mexico, and
therefore an essential target over the years, was
founded by Hernán Cortés, who first landed
there in 1519 at the start of his quest to
conquer Mexico for Spain. During the Mexican
American War, it was invaded in March of 1847, by
the American Army which undertook its first
successful amphibious landing, and was under the
command of General Winfield Scott. He landed a
force of 12,000 three miles southeast of the city
and successfully outflanked the Mexican army who
was defending the city.
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