. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . to teaching,a profession he pursued the remainder of his son turned to commercial pursuits, but con-vinced by a short experience in a wholesale housein Pittsburgh that this would not prove to him asatisfactory sphere of life, he yielded to his natu-ral predilections for mathematics, and applied him-self to the study of civil engineering. Having mas- 494 HISTORY OP DAUPHIN COUNTY. tered the principles of that profession, he commencedthe study of the law, in the belie
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . to teaching,a profession he pursued the remainder of his son turned to commercial pursuits, but con-vinced by a short experience in a wholesale housein Pittsburgh that this would not prove to him asatisfactory sphere of life, he yielded to his natu-ral predilections for mathematics, and applied him-self to the study of civil engineering. Having mas- 494 HISTORY OP DAUPHIN COUNTY. tered the principles of that profession, he commencedthe study of the law, in the belief that it would in-crease the chances of a successful career, and was ad-mitted to the bar, though intending to adopt engi-neering as his fixed vocation. With this end in viewhe went to Kentucky, where he was engaged, partlyin the employ of the commonwealth and partly inthat of the Green River Railroad Company, to makea survey of several important lines of public success in the Southwest opened the way toadvancement in his native State, and he soon afterbecame assistant superintendent and engineer of the. Railroad. While occupied withthe duties of this position, in the month of May,1846, President Polk sent a message to Congress, in-forming that body that war existed with this coun-try by the act of Mexico, and asking for men andmoney to enable him to maintain the rights and vin-dicate the honor of the government. The burst ofenthusiasm was instantaneous and general, and Gearywas among the first who responded to the call forvolunteers, in a short time raising a company in Cam-bria County, to which he gave the name of AmericanHighlanders. At Pittsburgh, his command was in-corporated with the Second Pennsylvania Regiment,commanded by Col. Roberts, of which he was im-mediately elected lieutenant-colonel. The regimentjoined the army of General Scott at Vera Cruz, andserved with conspicuous gallantry in Quitmans divi-sion during the memorable advance upon
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