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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).
Lieutenant
Colonel Henry Smith Lane (uncertain if
he is the same as what appears to be "Lt.
Lane" at start of Harry's letter). If so,
this Henry S. 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.
Samuel R.
Curtis was born near Champlain, Clinton
Co., New York on 03 Feb 1805. He moved to Ohio,
where he attended the public schools and was
appointed a cadet in the U.S. Military Academy at
West Point in 1827. He graduated in July 1831 as
brevet second lieutenant in the Seventh Infantry
and served in the war with Mexico as adjutant
general of Ohio and colonel of the Third
Regiment, Ohio Infantry. He was honorably
discharged June 24, 1847 and later represented
Iowa in Congress from 1857-1861. He was a member
of the 1861 Peace Convention held in Washington,
D.C. in an effort to devise means to prevent the
impending war. In the Civil War he was Major
General of Volunteers and in 1865, and was
appointed United States peace commissioner to
treat with the Indians. He died in Council
Bluffs, Iowa, on December 25, 1866 and is
interred in Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.
Matamoros
is a city and port in northeastern Mexico on the
Río Grande, near its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico
and is situated opposite of Brownsville, Texas.
It was the scene of bitter fighting in the
Mexican War and was occupied by U.S. troops under
Zachary Taylor in 1846. It is now one of Mexico's
chief ports of entry for tourists and for the
import and export of goods.
Reynosa*
is correct spelling of Harry's Rinosa*, is a
Mexican city situated on the Rio Grande southeast
of Camargo, and northwest of Matamoros. It was an
area where the Indiana volunteers were active
during the Mexican War. It is now the largest
Mexican city in the Rio Grande Valley region with
an estimated population of just over one-half
million.
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