History of Milwaukee, city and county . h Byron Kil-bourn had built years before to Covington, Kentucky, and from there it wasconveyed down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. After a briefstay at this point the company crossed the Gulf of Mexico arriving at theirdestination at Vera Cruz early in June, and was at once assigned to GeneralPillows division of General Scotts army. It w7as designated as CompanyP, Fifteenth United States Infantry. On the first of July, continues Mr. Bleyers account, we received thefirst news of our company under Captain Quarles. His volunteers were gladt
History of Milwaukee, city and county . h Byron Kil-bourn had built years before to Covington, Kentucky, and from there it wasconveyed down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. After a briefstay at this point the company crossed the Gulf of Mexico arriving at theirdestination at Vera Cruz early in June, and was at once assigned to GeneralPillows division of General Scotts army. It w7as designated as CompanyP, Fifteenth United States Infantry. On the first of July, continues Mr. Bleyers account, we received thefirst news of our company under Captain Quarles. His volunteers were gladto land at Vera Cruz after their tedious trip by water. They had not longbeen ashore when they began to experience the assaults of an insidious dreadful coast fever had invaded their quarters, and two comrades haddied and many others were in the hospital during their brief sojourn at thatport. About the middle of June the regiment had been ordered to the front. Later we received news that the company had had its first baptism of. MEMBERS OF THE OLD MILWAUKEE LIGHT GUARDFrom ;i photo in possession oi the Old Settlers Club of Milwaukee County s PARTICIPATION IN WAR 577 fire, and that it had fought valiantly from early dawn to late in the after-noon. It was at Contreras that Captain Quarles had the gratification of lead-ing- his men into their first regular battle. Needless to say the American boys were victorious and after a short respitethe gallant Fifteenth followed up their successful charge by opening thebattle of Churubusco by storming the fortress. Here Captain Quarles waskilled while leading his men. and beside him fell Privates John Herrick andMoses Whitney. Three weeks later Gen. Winfield Scott entered the City ofMexico at the head of the American army, and thus practically ended the war. Of the twenty-three men who were recruited at Watertown but six re-turned. In all, forty members of Company P were destined never to names of those who were killed at
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