Thank you for coming to the aid of Marilyn, Anita. This is the book I was alluding to when I wrote and mentioned that there was a book on the Mexican War. Believe it or not, there is a Mexican War site online too and they have all 969 I believe it was, participants from N.Y. named, who came on the three ships; Loo Choo  and the others with Col. Jonathan Drake Stevenson. The problem is that I believe there were units from other states involved as well. I know there were in fact because several of the African American people, men, whom I have researched came from places like Lexington, Kentucky to Ca to fight in the Mexican War with their masters. Then they went back home as slaves and somehow escaped and returned to Ca after the Mexican War was over. Unfortunately like I have mentioned to you before, I still have many of my books in storage, such as History of the Mexican War by Wilcox. Again, if I am correct, and my memory fails me these days, the names contained in this book are only those Union soldiers who came on Stevenson's three ships from N.Y.  But, I first became aware of others in the fight when I was in college and then when I did the aforementioned research. It seems to me that there were a lot of Mormon's involved in that fight as well. Bests    marilyn Demas ________________________________ From: A. Mason Design <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:53 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Researchers for Mexican American War 1846-48 Hi Marilyn, In the back of Volume II of "History of the Mexican War" by General Cadmus M. Wilcox, The Church News Publishing Company, Washington, D.C., © 1892, contains an index of the officers of all U.S. Military Units that participated in the war. Pages 653 & 654 lists all the officers in the Volunteer Units from Alabama. If your ancestor was not an officer it will be much more difficult to find out information. Aside from finding a listing of all the members of the New York Volunteers, I have not found any other source for lists of enlisted soldiers and sailors who participated in the Mexican War. Hope this helps, Anita C. Monterey County Marilyn Ornbaun wrote: > I have tried to find more info on a great uncle who joined from > Alabama..Found a wee bit on his military record,  from the National > Archives,but more for the Civil War.  Keep me posted if you find a good > source.  Seems there is a group you can join perhaps to learn more.  Marilyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Quenci Scott" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 3:27 PM > Subject: [NORCAL] Researchers for Mexican American War 1846-48 > > >  >> Does anyone know of an expert on the Mexican American War? Most probably >> a professor at one of the Universities who teaches American History., or >> Military History. >> I have most of the basics for the research, I just need an expert who >> would know how to find an individual soldier and in which battles he >> fought, >> >> Thanks for any info. >> >> quenci Scott >> [email protected] >>    ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Marilyn, The Wilcox Book lists all officers of both the Regular Army, Navy [Pacific & Atlantic Squadrons], & Navy/Marines as well as all Volunteer Army officers from the various states. What it does not list are any of the enlisted men involved in any unit. I've no real military background but it's my understanding that for every officer, there were a lot of other men who have been left off the lists, privates, corporals, sailors, etc. I'm only familiar with the New York Volunteer group, and have a database of all the company members, and they were all recruited in New York City to become soldier/settlers. The idea was that after the war was won, these men would then settle in California. A good majority of them did settle in California, while others went back East. I've no idea what sort of inducement volunteer units from other states might have offered, to entice men to join the fight, but "free land" could easily have been one of those incentives. There were four years, 1846-1850, when California was in transition from a Mexican territory to an American territory. The question of whether California would be a "free state" or a "slave state" was heavily debated during these years. It was known at that time that Spanish territories didn't recognize slavery and would not return "run-away slaves." Tracking "people of color" in the early years is very difficult. I was looking at the 1850 federal census for Alabama and not a single black person was listed. How many might have gone with "their owners" to Texas and escaped into Mexico is likely to be very difficult to determine. I've found it interesting that the U.S. considered California, Texas, and the Arizona/New Mexico territory to be American property in 1846 at the start of the Mexican War rather than at the conclusion in 1848. Hope this helps, Anita C. Monterey County Marilyn Demas wrote: > Thank you for coming to the aid of Marilyn, Anita. This is the book I was alluding to when I wrote and mentioned that there was a book on the Mexican War. Believe it or not, there is a Mexican War site online too and they have all 969 I believe it was, participants from N.Y. named, who came on the three ships; Loo Choo and the others with Col. Jonathan Drake Stevenson. The problem is that I believe there were units from other states involved as well. I know there were in fact because several of the African American people, men, whom I have researched came from places like Lexington, Kentucky to Ca to fight in the Mexican War with their masters. Then they went back home as slaves and somehow escaped and returned to Ca after the Mexican War was over. Unfortunately like I have mentioned to you before, I still have many of my books in storage, such as History of the Mexican War by Wilcox. Again, if I am correct, and my memory fails me these days, the names > contained in this book are only those Union soldiers who came on Stevenson's three ships from N.Y. But, I first became aware of others in the fight when I was in college and then when I did the aforementioned research. It seems to me that there were a lot of Mormon's involved in that fight as well. > > > Bests > marilyn Demas > > > ________________________________ > From: A. Mason Design <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 3:53 AM > Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Researchers for Mexican American War 1846-48 > > Hi Marilyn, > > In the back of Volume II of "History of the Mexican War" by General > Cadmus M. Wilcox, The Church News Publishing Company, Washington, D.C., > © 1892, contains an index of the officers of all U.S. Military Units > that participated in the war. Pages 653 & 654 lists all the officers in > the Volunteer Units from Alabama. > > If your ancestor was not an officer it will be much more difficult to > find out information. Aside from finding a listing of all the members of > the New York Volunteers, I have not found any other source for lists of > enlisted soldiers and sailors who participated in the Mexican War. > > Hope this helps, > Anita C. > Monterey County > > > Marilyn Ornbaun wrote: > >> I have tried to find more info on a great uncle who joined from >> Alabama..Found a wee bit on his military record, from the National >> Archives,but more for the Civil War. Keep me posted if >> > you find a good > >> source. Seems there is a group you can join perhaps to learn more. Marilyn >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Quenci Scott" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 3:27 PM >> Subject: [NORCAL] Researchers for Mexican American War 1846-48 >> >> >> >> >>> Does anyone know of an expert on the Mexican American War? Most probably >>> a professor at one of the Universities who teaches American History., or >>> Military History. >>> I have most of the basics for the research, I just need an expert who >>> would know how to find an individual soldier and in which battles he >>> fought, >>> >>> >>> > Thanks for any info. > >>> quenci Scott >>> [email protected] >>>