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MEXICAN
WAR
(1846 - 1848)
Where:
Mexico and southwestern United States,including modern-day Texas,
California, and New Mexico.
How
ended: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848.
Total service members - 78,718
Battle deaths - 1,733
Other deaths in service (non-theater) - 11,550
Non-mortal woundings - 4,152
BOYD,?
Priv
Service Unit: Co I 4th Artillery Kentucky Regiment/Gen Worth's Div
Died 09 Oct 1846 at the Battle of Palo Alto,Texas
BOYD, Andrew
Rank: Priv
Military Unit: Co F 5th Inf Tennessee Reg
Age: 21
Born: Derry Ireland
Occupation: Laborer
Wounded at the Battle of Palo Alto,Texas 08 May 1846
BOYD, Campbell G.
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: Co K Gen Butler's Div Tennessee Regiment
Severely wounded at the Battle for Monterey, Mexico Sep 20-24 1846
BOYD, David
Residence:Alton,Illinois
BOYD, David
P.
Residence: Alton,Illinois
BOYD, James
Rank: Capt
Branch: USV
Service Unit: Co F Maryland & DC Vols
Military Service notes:
1st Lieut until May 1846
Six Companies received May 1846,
disbanded May 1847
BOYD, James
Rank: Capt
Branch:USV
Service Unit: Indiana Co Vol
Died: 12 July,1847 - Killed in action at Rio Calaboso
Military Service notes:
Indiana Co served 08 June 1847-01 Aug 1848
Co served at Tampico under Col DeRussy,
attached to the Maryland & DC Vols
BOYD, James B.
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: Co K 1st Regiment of N.Carolina Foot Vols
Died
BOYD, James H.
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: 2nd Regiment Co F - Lawrence Co;Indiana
Musterd In 20 Jun 1846 at New Albany,Indiana by Col Samuel Churchill
Discharged 29 Oct 1846 on Surgeon's Certificate
BOYD, John
Rank: 2nd Lieutenant
Branch: USV
Service Unit: 5th Tennessee Vols
Military Service notes:
Eleven Companies, Regiment received
December 1847 - discharged July 1848
BOYD, John
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: Co H 2nd Inf Riley's Brigade
Killed at San Geronimo
(Battles of Churubusco and Contreras,Mexico-Aug 19-20 1847)
BOYD, Joseph A.
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: Co G 12th Regiment US Inf (N.Carolina)
BOYD, Lyle
Residence:Illinois
BOYD, Matthew B.
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: Troop A 3rd Regiment of US Dragoons (N.Carolina)
BOYD, Micajah
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: Co B 1st Regiment of N.Carolina Foot Vols
BOYD, Robert
Residence: Alton,Illinois
BOYD, Robert A.
Residence: Illinois
BOYD, Thomas H.
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: Co F 2nd Tennessee Vols
Wounded slightly 18 April 1847 at the Battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico
BOYD, W.
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: Co H New York Vols Quitman's Div/Shield's Brigade
Wounded
(Battles of Churubusco and Contreras, Mexico Aug 19-20,1847
BOYD, William
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: 3rd Regiment Co A - Monroe Co;Indiana
Mustered In 22 Jun 1846 at New Albany,Indian by Col Samuel Churchill
Mustered Out 25 Jun 1847 at New Orleans, Louisiana
BOYD, William R.
Residence: Belleville,Illinois
BOYT, John A.
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: Co B 1st Regiment of N.Carolina Foot Vols
BOYT, Stephen
Rank: Priv
Service Unit: Co H 1st Regiment of N.Carolina Foot Vols
Although the majority of
Mexican War veterans served in volunteer regiments raised by the several states, those
organizations were all mustered into federal service. As a result, both volunteer and regular service records
are on file in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. rather than in state archives. It was also the federal
government, not the states, which awarded Mexican War veterans bounty land warrants as a reward for their
service. Additionally, it was the federal government, rather than the states, to which veterans had to apply
for disability pensions, widows pensions, orphans pensions, and service pensions. Consequently, there may be from one
to three files relating to any given Mexican War veteran in the National Archives.
Links to
Mexican War info:
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/AMH/AMH-08.htm
NOTE:
Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary
source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts
in original sources.
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