CASUALTIES OF THE MEXICAN WAR

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Total Strength of the U. S. Army
Employed in Mexico
April, 1846 to April, 1848

Description
Foot

Horse

Artillery

TOTAL

Regulars
May, 1848
2,170

408

976

3,554

Recruits for
old regiments
-

-

-

12,551

Recruits for
new regiments
-

-

-

10,145

Recruits sent
to Mexico after
December, 1847
-

-

-

2,493

Volunteers
51,726

15,373

806

67,905

Marines
347

-

-

347

TOTAL
54,243

15,781

1,782

96,995

Sources: S. Ex. Doc. 36, 30th Cong., 1st Sess., 6-7, Military Dictionary, 645-49; Kreidberg and Henry, History of Military Mobilization, 78; Heitman, Historical Register, II, 282.

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