Men Of The Mexican & New Mexico Wars.

Here is a group men who fought in the war with Mexico and New Mexico. This information was taken from the Acts, Bills, petitions and Memorials from the library of congress. This page is to help you find something out about your family member who was in one of these war, then you may be surprise to find a ancestor here.
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Augustus Buchel.

A BILL
February 18, 1851.

To pay to Captain Augustus Buchel the balance due him for his services as interpreter in the Mexican war.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to Captain Augustus Buchel, the sum of six hundred and seven dollars and fifty cents, being the balance due him for his services as interpreter in the corps of topographical engineers commanded by Captains Williams and Linnard respectively, from the twenty-fifth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six,
to the twenty-seventh day of June, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, being after the rate of seventy-five dollars per month, instead of forty-five and fifty dollars, which has been heretofore paid him for different periods of the same employment.
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James L. Williams.

A BILL
MAY 18, 1860.

Granting an increase of pension to James L. Williams, an invalid soldier of the Mexican war.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to place the name of James L. Wil5 hams on the invalid pension rolls, at the rate of sixteen dollars per month, instead of eight dollars per month, which he is now receiving, said increase to commence on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty, and said pension thus increased to continue during his natural life.
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Richard B. Alexander.

A BILL
JANUARY 10, 1857.

For the relief of Richard B. Alexander, late a major in the first
Tennessee regiment, Mexican war.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury pay, out of any
moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Richard B. Alexander, late a major in the first Tennessee regiment, Mexican war, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, in full of the value of one horse and one mule, lost by him during the said war.
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George W. Brown, John H. Gronewell, Washington Hopper, James O’Brien.

A BILL
JANUARY 21, 1861.

For the relief of James O’Brien, late lieutenant of company E of the District of Columbia and Maryland regiment of volunteers, in the Mexican war, and others.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to ay to the widow of George W. Brown, deceased, late captain of company E of the District of Columbia and Maryland regiment of volunteers, under the command of Colonel George W. Hughes, in the Mexican war, the sum of two hundred and eighteen dollars and sixty-five cents; to the widow of John H. Gronewell, deceased, late a lieutenant in said company, the sum of one hundred and seventy-one dollars and sixty cents; to the mother of Washington Hopper, deceased, late a lieutenant in said company, the sum of one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents; and to James
O’Brien, late a lieutenant in said company, the sum of one hundred and eighty-two dollars, being the amounts expended by said officers, respectively, in raising and organizing said company before it was mustered into the service of the United States.
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A. R. Hetzell.

AN ACT
June 21, 1870.

For the relief of the sureties of the late Captain A. R. Hetzell.

Whereas it appears that the accounts of the late Captain A. R. Hetzell, assistant quartermaster of the United States Army, who died during the Mexican war, were settled at the Treasury on the fifteenth of February, eighteen hundred and fifty, and a balance found due was paid to his representatives, but that by a subsequent settlement, made on the fourteenth of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, a balance was ascertained against the officer, to recover which suit has been brought and is now pending against his surviving sureties:

Be it enacted b the Senate and House of Representa2 hues of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said claim, only as against the said sureties and their heirs and personal representatives, is remitted and forever discharged; and the suit pending against them, whether before or after judgment, shall be no further prosecuted but shall be dismissed, and full satisfaction, as against the said sureties, entered of record.
Passed the House of Representatives June 18, 1870.
Attest: EDWARD McPHERSON, Clerk.
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William. Weatherford, Nancy Weatherford.

AN ACT
FEBRUARY 9, 1855.

For the relief of Mrs. Nancy Weatherford, widow of Colonel Wm. Weatherford, of the first regiment Illinois volunteers in the Mexican war.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to
place the name of Nancy Weatherford, widow of William Weatherford, colonel of the first regiment Illinois volunteers in the Mexican war, upon the roll of pensioners of the United States, and pay to her the sum of thirty dollars per month, to commence on the day of the death of the said Colonel William Weatherford, [on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-five,] and continue [so long as she shall remain a widow,] for five years: Provided, That she shall be entitled to the benefit of any general act of Congress which may hereafter be passed, extending or continuing the half pay of widows, as f she had been placed on the pension roll under the provisions of’ the act entitled “.An act amending the act entitled ‘.An act granting half pay to widows or orphans, where
their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service of the United States,’ in case of deceased officers and soldiers of the militia and volunteers, passed July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six,” approved July twenty one, eighteen hundred and forty-eight.
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Edmund W. Wandell.

AN ACT
FEBRUARY 12, 1869.

Granting hack pension to Edmund W. Wandell, of Wilkesbarre,
Pennsylvania.

Whereas the said Edmund W. Wandell entered as a Private in company I, first regiment Pennsylvania volunteers, in the war with Mexico, and served to the close of that war in eighteen hundred and forty-eight, when he received an honorable discharge; that owing to disease contracted in said service his name in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four was placed upon the pension rolls at the rate of eight dollars per month; that in November, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, he raised a company and was commissioned as captain of company G, of the one hundred forty—third regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, in the war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one; that on the seventh day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, he was honorably discharged for disability contracted in the Mexican war, and on application his pension was restored, but only from February, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight instead of from date of his discharge. Therefore; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the sixth section of the act of Congress entitled “An act relating to pensions,” approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, made applicable to the case of said Edmund W. Wandell.
Passed the House of Representatives February 11, 1869.
Attest: EDWARD McPHERSON, Clerk.
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Major John L. Gar?ner, 4th Artillery, has been promoted to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Contreras. I recommend that this brevet be made to apply to the battle of Cerro Gordo, in which he commanded his regiment, to date from the 18th of April, 1847, and that he be nominated to be colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Contreras, Mexico, to date from the 20th August, 1847.

First Lieutenant John F. Reynolds, 3d Artillery, has been promoted to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista. I recommend that this brevet be made to apply to the battles of Monterey, Mexico, in which he was distinguished, to date from the 23d of September, 1846, and that he be nominated to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Buena Vista, Mexico, to date from the 23d of February, 1847.

First Lieutenant Earl Van Dorn, 7th Infantry, has been promoted to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco. He served with distinction in the battle of Cerro Gordo, and I recommend that his brevet of captain be made to apply to that battle, to date from the 18th of April, 1847. I also recommend that he be nominated to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, to date from the 20th August, 1847.

First Lieutenant Roswell S. Ripley, 2d Artillery, has been promoted to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chapultepec. I recommend that this brevet be made to apply to the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico, to date from the 18th of April, 1847.

Second Lieutenant Lorimer Graham, 10th Infantry, has been promoted to be 1st lieutenant by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Churubusco. I recommend that this brevet be made to apply to the affair with the enemy at Mil Flores, Mexico, to date from the 13th of August, 1847, and theft he be nominated to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Churubusco, Mexico, to date from the 20th August, 1847.

Captain Lewis S Craig, 3d Infantry, who has been promoted to be major by brevet for the battle of Monterey, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct, in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico, in the last of which he was severely wounded, to date from the 20th of August, 1847.

Captain Martin Burke, 3d Artillery, who has been promoted to be major by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, in which he is reported as eminently distinguished at the head of his regiment, to date from the 8th of September, 1847.

Captain James V. Bomford, 8th Infantry, who has been promoted to be major by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

Captain William Hoffman, 6th Infantry, who has been promoted to be major by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, to date from the 8th of September, 1847.

Captain Isaac V. D. Reeve, 8th Infantry, who has been promoted to be major by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Roy, Mexico, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

First Lieutenant James Longstreet, 8th Infantry, who has been promoted to be captain by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, in which he was particularly distinguished, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

First Lieutenant John J. Peck, 2d Artillery, who has been promoted to be captain by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Moline del Rey, Mexico, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

First Lieutenant Lewis A. Armistead, 6th Infantry, who has been promoted to be captain by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

Second Lieutenant Edmund K. Smith, 7th Infantry, who has been promoted to be 1st lieutenant by brevet for the battle of Cerro Gordo, to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Contreras, Mexico, where he won distinction at the head of his company, to date from the 20th of August, 1847.

Second Lieutenant George B. McClellan, Engineers, who has been promoted to be first lieutenant by brevet for the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, in which he was distinguished, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

Second Lieutenant John G. Foster, Engineers, who has been promoted to be 1st lieutenant by brevet for the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico, in which he was distinguished, to date from the 8th of September, 1847.

Second Lieutenant Edmund L. F. Hardcastle, Topographical Engineers, who has been promoted to be 1st lieutenant by brevet for the battle of Churubusco, to be captain by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Moline del Rey, Mexico, in which he was distinguished, to date from the 8th September, 1847.

Captain James G. Martin, assistant quarter master, to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico, in the last of which actions he was severely wounded, to date from the 20th of August, 1847.

Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Potter, 7th Infantry, to be 1st lieutenant by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battles of Monterey, Mexico, in which he was severely wounded, to take effect from the 23d September, 1846.

Captain George W. Hughes, Topographical Engineers, to be major by brevet for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico to date from the 18th April, 1847.

1847, John Whitmore, of Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, praying for a pension on account of wounds and disabilities incurred, as a teamster in the service of the United States, in the war with Mexico.

1852, The petition of the widow of Orlando Pierce, a private soldier, who was killed in the war with Mexico.

1852, The petition of F. MacManus, praying the enactment of a law to authorize debenture on goods transported through Port La Baca, San Antonio, and the Rio Grande, to Mexico.

1852, The memorial of Benjamin S. Roberts, an officer in the army, praying indemnity for losses sustained during the war with Mexico.

1851, The petition of E. M. Daggett, of the State of Texas, praying for compensation for two horses lost in the military service of the United States during the late war with Mexico.

1851, The petition of Mrs. Augusta Boyd, widow of Captain James Boyd, praying for compensation for a horse killed by the enemy during the late war with Mexico.

1851, The petition of John Gallagher, of the city of Baltimore, praying for a pension on account of inability incurred in the military service of the United States during the war with Mexico.

1851, The petition of John Russell, of the city of Baltimore, praying for a pension on account of inability incurred in the military service of the United States during the war with Mexico.

1851, Military Affairs to report a bill conferring the rank of lieutenant general upon Major General Winfield Scott, for his gallant services in the late war with Mexico.

1855, The petition of Martha Phillips, mother and heir of William A. Phillips, who was killed while in the military service of the United States during the war with Mexico, at Puebla, for pension or bounty land

1847, The petition of Louis F. Beeler and others, of the Baltimore battalion, praying to be allowed certain mileage as volunteers in the war with Mexico

1847, The petition of James E. Stewart, praying to be allowed colonel's pay whilst serving as colonel in the Baltimore battalion, in the war with Mexico.

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James L. Donaldson, quartermaster, United States Army, to be colonel by brevet February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin S. Roberts, of the Third Cavalry, to be colonel by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain Andrew W. Evans, of the Sixth Cavalry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain Robert M. Morris, of the Third Cavalry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain Andrew W. Evans, of the Sixth Cavalry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

First Lieutenant Ira W. Claflin, of the Sixth Cavalry, to be captain by brevet, March 28, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battles of Valverde, Apache Cañon, and Peralta, New Mexico.

Captain Henry R. Selden, of the Fifth Infantry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain William H. Lewis, of the Fifth Infantry, to be major by brevet, March 28, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battles of Apache Cañon and Peralta, New Mexico.

Captain David H. Brotherton, of the Fifth Infantry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain Peter W. L. Plympton, of the Seventh Infantry, to be major by brevet February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain Gurden Chapin, of the Seventh Infantry, to be major by brevet, March 28, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battles of Apache Cañon and Peralta, New Mexico.

Major Gabriel R. Paul, of the Eighth Infantry, to be lieutenant-colonel by brevet, April 15, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Peralta, New Mexico.

Captain William H. Rossell, of the Tenth Infantry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

First Lieutenant Robert, H. Hall, of the Tenth Infantry, to be captain by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain William J. L. Nicodemus, of the Twelfth Infantry, to be major by brevet, February 21, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico.

Captain John F. Ritter, of the Fifteenth Infantry, to be major by brevet, March 28, 1862, for meritorious and distinguished services at the battles of Apache Cation and Peralta, New Mexico.
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They lost their horse, 1847.

William Fitzpatrick, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

James T. Megowan, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

B. A. Chapman, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Alfred Argabright, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

A. C. Bryan, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Lawrence Daly, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Thomas Bryan, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

David Shepherd, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Richard M. Adams, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

R. P. Whitney, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

William D. Ratcliffe, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

James Mahoney, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

John Morgan, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

James Jones, praying compensation for the loss of a horse by his son Clement Jones, who was killed in the battle of Buena Vista.

John W. Bell, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

George W. Runyon, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Isaac Shephard, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Samuel Pigg, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

David C. Jones, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

John J. Finch, praying compensation for the loss of a horse while a prisoner in Mexico.

Sylvester Conover, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Charles E. Mooney, praying compensation for the loss of a horse in the war with Mexico.

Catharine Ramey, praying compensation for the loss of a horse by her son Nat. Ramey, who was killed in the battle of Buena Vista.

Mary Carty, praying compensation for the loss of a horse by her son Henry Carty, who was killed in the battle of Buena Vista.
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1847, The petition of Samuel E. Roberts, praying for a grant of bounty land, due for his services as a volunteer in the Mexican war;

1847, The petition of John Whitmore, of Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, praying for a pension on account of wounds and disabilities incurred, as a teamster in the service of the United States, in the war with Mexico.

1847, The petition of N. A. White, praying for bounty land for his services as a volunteer in the war with Mexico.

1847, The petition of John Watkins, of Jessamine county, in the State of Kentucky, praying relief for his services as a volunteer soldier in the war against Mexico, by a grant of bounty land