Showing posts with label Mexican-American War Veteran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexican-American War Veteran. Show all posts

Monday, September 10, 2012

Civil War Veteran: Alexander Edwards

Alexander Edwards
Born:  February 19, 1828, Indiana
Died:  October 27, 1897
LIEUT CO C 52 IND INF

Enlisted in the Union Army from Shelbyville, Indiana on February 1, 1862 as a 1st Sergeant.
Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on May 14, 1862.
Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on September 4, 1862.
Resigned March 2, 1865.

His military headstone was supplied by the Stockbridge Marble Co. of Massachusetts.


A second headstone is inscribed "Veteran Of Two Wars."



Based strictly on his year of birth I suspect he was also a veteran of the Mexican-American War

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Mexican-American War Veteran: James Madison Welch

James Madison Welch aka Madison Welch
Born:  May 19, 1828, Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois
Died:  October 19, 1894, Nuevo (Ramona), San Diego County, California
PVT CO C MORMON BATTALION

Wednesday, March 7, 2012