Lopez's expeditions to Cuba, 1850 and 1851 . menthal, Major Schlesinger, CaptainRadnitz, Lieutenant Lewohl, Lieutenant Rekendorf (allHungarians, except Lopez), Doctor Foumiquet, surgeon,and Gilman A. Cook, commissary. First Regiment of Infantry, under Colonel RobertL. Downman and Lieutenant-Colonel Haynes, consistingof Companies A, B, C, D, E, and F, the respective cap-tains of which were Ellis, Johnson, Brigham, Gouti (orGotay), Jackson, and Stewart; two hundred and nine-teen, all told. Colonel Downman had served with dis-tinction in the Mexican War. First Regiment of Artillery, under Colonel
Lopez's expeditions to Cuba, 1850 and 1851 . menthal, Major Schlesinger, CaptainRadnitz, Lieutenant Lewohl, Lieutenant Rekendorf (allHungarians, except Lopez), Doctor Foumiquet, surgeon,and Gilman A. Cook, commissary. First Regiment of Infantry, under Colonel RobertL. Downman and Lieutenant-Colonel Haynes, consistingof Companies A, B, C, D, E, and F, the respective cap-tains of which were Ellis, Johnson, Brigham, Gouti (orGotay), Jackson, and Stewart; two hundred and nine-teen, all told. Colonel Downman had served with dis-tinction in the Mexican War. First Regiment of Artillery, under Colonel Crittenden,consisting of Companies A, B, and C, under CaptainsKelly, Sanders, and Ker, respectively; one hundred andfourteen strong. A nominal regiment of Cubans, called the First Regi-ment of Cuban Patriots, commanded by Captain Oberto. An independent company of Cubans, forty-nine strong. Nine Germans and nine Hungarians, under CaptainSchlict. If transportation could have been secured to carrythem to Cuba, thousands of men could have been. COLONEL WILLIAM LOGAN CRITTENDEN. Lopezs Expeditions to Cuba 73 recruited in New Orleans. As it was, when they reachedBalize, Lopez sent back a number of his men, as theship was overcrowded. Colonel Colonel William Logan Crittenden was a William L. graduate of the Military Academy at West Crittenden. Point; had served with distinction and con-spicuous gallantry in the Mexican War; and he resignedhis commission in the regular army of the United Statesfor the purpose of accompanying Lopez in the expedi-tion for freeing Cuba; accepting in the meantime, how-ever, a position in the custom house at New was descended from the most distinguished familiesof Virginia and Kentucky. His paternal grandfather,John Crittenden, had served with distinction as majorof a Virginia regiment in the Revolutionary War, andwas among the earlier settlers of Kentucky; his maternalgrandfather was the intrepid Colonel John Allen, whofell at the River Raisin
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