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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 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.
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.
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.
Antonio
López de "Santa Anna" was
born in Jalapa in the Mexican state of Veracruz
on February 21, 1794, the son of Antonio López
de Santa Anna and Manuela Pérez de Lebrón. His
family belonged to the criolloqv middle class,
and his father served at one time as a
subdelegate for the Spanish province of Vera
Cruz. At the age of fifteen, he entered Spanish
military service initially staying in the
royalist forces during the fight for independence
from Spain, but joined the popular side in 1821.
He was first elected president in 1833, turning
his office into a dictatorship the following
year. In 1835, the Texas Revolution erupted and
Santa Anna became the prime villain of Texas
history because of his actions at The Alamo and
at Goliad. Samuel Houston defeated Santa Anna's
army at the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836,
assuring Texan independence. In 1838, Santa Anna
served with great distinction against the French
at Veracruz and valor and loss of a leg helped
him to regain favor with the Mexicans. He was
acting president in 1839, helped overthrow the
government of Anastasio Bustamanteqv in 1841, and
was dictator from 1841 to 1845. He built an
undistinguished record in the Mexican War losing
battles at Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Puebla and
Mexico City and was discredited by the Mexicans
for his sale of a huge portion of their territory
to the United States in the 1853 Gadsden
Purchase. Overthrown and banished by the liberals
in 1855. He schemed for eleven years to return to
Mexico, conniving with the French and with
Maximilian. After a visit from the American
secretary of state, W. H. Seward, he invested
most of his property in a vessel that he sailed
to New York to become the nucleus of a planned
invading force from the United States.
Disappointed in his efforts, he proceeded towards
Mexico, was arrested on the coast, and returned
to exile. In 1874 he was allowed to return to
Mexico City, where he lived in obscurity until
his death on June 21, 1876. He was buried at
Tepeyac Cemetery, near Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Fort
Taylor (Texas) was named after General
Zachary Taylor, became known as Fort Brown in
1846 after Major Jacob Brown became the first to
die in battle there when he was hit on the leg
with a cannonball. Now known as Brownsville, it
is a seaport and a port of entry from Matamoros,
Mexico.
Mount
Morales* as written by H. Daily, is
Montemorelos which is located southeast of
Saltillo in Nuevo Leon, Northern Mexico and north
of Victoria.
Victoria
a provincial capital between Monterey and the
port or Tampico, it was established in 1824 when
the Republic of Mexico approved Don Martin
DeLeon's request for a large land grant in Texas
on the lower Guadalupe River. DeLeon, a Mexican
citizen of high standing, received permission to
establish with forty-one families the town of
Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de Jesus Victoria.
The town was known as Guadalupe Victoria until
Texas gained her independence from Mexico and at
that time the name was shortened to Victoria. It
was occupied by an American naval force under
Commader David Conner on 15 November 1846.
Saltillo,
the capital of Coahuila state, N Mexico. It is
located in an alluvial valley almost surrounded
by mountains. Founded in 1575, the city was known
in colonial times for its annual fair, at which
imports from Spain and the Philippines were
exchanged for products made in Mexico. Saltillo
was taken by Zachary Taylor’s forces in the
Mexican War and was occupied by French troops
several times during the French intervention in
Mexico.
Monterrey
was founded as a Spanish colonial outpost in 1579
and was given the name Monterey (later changed to
Monterrey) in 1596 in honor of the count of
Monterrey, the Spanish viceroy of Mexico. The
city played a minor role in the struggle for
Mexican independence from Spain in the early 19th
century. General Zachary Taylor's troops captured
the city in September 1846.
Meir*
which is correctly spelled Mier, is located near
what was known as Paso del Cantaro, a natural
ford in the Rio Grande, and was founded by
authority of Jose de Escandon on March 6, 1753.
The land was originally owned by Felix de
Almandoz and later passed on to General Prudencio
Basterra who married Felix's sister Ana Maria.
The founding familes were from Camargo and
Cerralvo. (See also Mier Expedition)
Seralvo*
as written by H. Daily, is was
originally known as Ciudad de Leon, founded in
1557 by Luis Carvajal de la Cueva, Viceroy of el
Nuevo Reyno de Leon from a land grant he received
from the king of Spain. Spelled Cerralvo, it is
the oldest settlement in Nuevo Leon locate near
the mines of San Gregorio. It is the place where
Captain Lane led his rangers on a major raid
against Mexican guerrillas who were attacking
American supply wagons. There he and his men
captured guerrilla chief Juan Flores, who was
given a speedy trial and executed.
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.
"Saw
the Elephant" this phrase means to
see life or to gain experience during devastating
events. Used to describe the experiences of war
and soldiering, the term has many possible
origins. Newspapers and periodicals of the 1840s
sometimes carried cartoons depicting an elephant
pursued by miners, or of Death in his howdah,
trampling American dragoons and infantrymen. It
is likely, however, that the expression dates
from well before this time.
Louisville
Legion dates to 1837, when a company was
formed as the "Louisville Guards." The
next year three more companies were organized
called the "Washington Grays." These
military organizations were combined into the
Louisville Legion by a charter enacted by the
Kentucky Legislature in 1839. Besides the Mexican
War, they participated in the Civil War,
Spanish-American War, Mexican Border, World War
I, World War II, and Vietnam.
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