. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903. or, acting under orders of thePresident, advanced into the disputed territory, and theMexican general. Ampudia, declared that Mexico acceptedthe advance as a declaration of war. April 26th, the firstblood of the war was shed, a party of sixty-three Americansbeing all killed or captured by a Mexican detachment. Con-gress then declared war and the armies of the United Statespushed forward into Mexico and soon demonstrated theirgreat superiority as fighters. Vera Cruz was surrenderedin April, 1847, and the capital city
. History of Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte : from 1740 to 1903. or, acting under orders of thePresident, advanced into the disputed territory, and theMexican general. Ampudia, declared that Mexico acceptedthe advance as a declaration of war. April 26th, the firstblood of the war was shed, a party of sixty-three Americansbeing all killed or captured by a Mexican detachment. Con-gress then declared war and the armies of the United Statespushed forward into Mexico and soon demonstrated theirgreat superiority as fighters. Vera Cruz was surrenderedin April, 1847, and the capital city was captured Septem-ber 13. The treaty of peace was signed February 2. [848. In April, 1847. Green W. Caldwell resigned his positionas director of the United States Mint in Charlotte, to organ-ize a company of dragoons for the war with Mexico. Thecompany left Charlotte April 13. and went to Charleston,and from there to Vera Cruz, where thev were enrolled as ?From the Supplement to the Roster of North Carolina Troops,in the War With Mexico, published by the State in UNITED STATES CURRENCY. MECKLENBURG S PART IN THE MEXICAN WAR. 181 Troop A, of the Third Regiment of the United States Dra-goons, of which the Colonel was E. G. W. Bntler. Thisregiment engaged in a number of battles, in all of which theMecklenburg troops participated. Captain Caldwells com-pany was mustered out of service at Jefferson Barracks, Mis-souri, July 31, 1848, and the soldiers, except the eleven whohad died and, two others who were missing, returned homeand many of them were for many years numbered amongthe prominent and useful citizens. In the election held in 1849 for members of the GeneralAssembly, which met in the following year. Captain Cald-well was elected to the State Senate, and Lieutenants J. and E. C. Davidson were elected Representatives. ROSTER OF TROOP A. THIRD REGIMENT OF UNITED STATES DRAGOONS.* Green W. Caldwell, Captain. Edward C. Davidson, First Lieutenant. John K. Harr
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