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Volunteer Army Employed in Mexico
May, 1846 to April, 1848

 
State

Foot

Horse

Artillery

TOTAL

Massachusetts

1,047

-

-

1,047

New York

2,665

-

-

2,665

Pennsylvania

2,464

-

-

2,464

New Jersey

424

-

-

424

Maryland & D. C.

1,194

-

136

1,330

Virginia

1,303

-

-

1,303

North Carolina

936

-

-

936

South Carolina

1,054

-

-

1,054

Alabama

2,918

93

-

3,011

Mississippi

2,319

-

-

2,319

Georgia

1,390

657

-

2,047

Louisiana

6,698

494

286

7,448

Tennessee

4,466

944

-

5,410

Kentucky

3,962

838

-

4,800

Ohio

4,694

-

-

4,694

Michigan

972

-

-

972

Indiana

4,470

-

-

4,470

Illinois

5,548

425

-

5,973

Wisconsin

146

-

-

146

Iowa

73

156

-

229

Missouri

2,429

3,967

343

6,739

Arkansas

265

1,158

-

1,423

Florida

323

-

-

323

Texas

1,103

5,569

-

6,672

Mormons

585

-

-

585

Californians

47

470

41

558

TOTAL

51,726

15,373

806

67,905

 

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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