. Life and letters of Alexander Hays, brevet colonel United States army, brigadier general and brevet major general United States volunteers . was made up as follows: Capt. Governour Morris,Iourth Infantry; Capt. W. R. Montgomery, Eighth Infantry;1st Lieut. Randolph B. Marcy, Fifth Infantry; ist Ruggles, Fifth Infantry; ist Lieut. Isaac \. D. Reeve,I^ighth Infantry; ist Lieut. Collinson R. Gates, Eighth In-fantry; 1st Lieut. Robert P. Maclay. Eighth Infantry; istLieut. J. G. Burbank, Eighth Infantry; ist Lieut. John Breeds-ley, First Infantry; ist Lieut. Charles F. Morris, Eighth
. Life and letters of Alexander Hays, brevet colonel United States army, brigadier general and brevet major general United States volunteers . was made up as follows: Capt. Governour Morris,Iourth Infantry; Capt. W. R. Montgomery, Eighth Infantry;1st Lieut. Randolph B. Marcy, Fifth Infantry; ist Ruggles, Fifth Infantry; ist Lieut. Isaac \. D. Reeve,I^ighth Infantry; ist Lieut. Collinson R. Gates, Eighth In-fantry; 1st Lieut. Robert P. Maclay. Eighth Infantry; istLieut. J. G. Burbank, Eighth Infantry; ist Lieut. John Breeds-ley, First Infantry; ist Lieut. Charles F. Morris, Eighth In-fantry; 2nd Lieut. Charles D. Jordan. Eighth Infantry, andLieut. Alexander Hays. I\)urth Infantry. 1 Joseph Lane—Vide Wilcoxs estimate of him. General Lane,plain in appearance and manner, but full of energy and courage,unquestioned integrity and kind hearted, generous and chivalric,etc. History of the Mexican War, Wilcox; P. 527. 2 History of the Mexican War, Wilcox, Appendix D.; P. 653,. Brevet Second Lieutenants Ulysses S. Grant and Alexander Hays, 4th Infantry at Camp Salubrity, Louisiana, 1845. (From an old Daguerreotype) Lieut. Alexander Hays, U. S. A. 51 Maclay, Burbank and Charles F. Morris died of woundsreceived in these engagements. While here, the returning heroes were tendered a re-ception and banquet by citizens, but were obliged to declinethe invitation for want of time. Lieut. Morris of the West Point class of 1841, died in theCity of Mexico, September 17, 1847, from wounds received atMolino del Rey. and his classmate, Burbank, wounded in thesame battle, died September loth, two days after the belonged to the Eighth Infantry, Alexander Hays newassignment, and both had served with the regiment at PaloAlto and Resaca, where both had been wounded. Lieut. Robert P. Maclay of the class of 1840, did not die ofhis wounds received at Resaca. He was on sick leave andrecruiting service during most of the war. He, too, belongedto the Eighth Infantry and
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