The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . A, // 0 >?i V Ct^ ofPALO ALTO. May S- /Si 6 .. ? / .? .? B alter y. ^^,P^ /7* Zt^-V o/^ iaronv «- T^oJor AT? Services of Graduates in the Mexican War. 607 brevetted twice and a number three times. A large numberof these gentlemen afterwards became prominent actors inthe greatest of ourwars (now happily a thing of the past),and their names are to-day household words, while theirbiographies are well known to all Americans. It. is thereforeunnecessary- to sketch their ]\Iexican war records at an}-
The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . A, // 0 >?i V Ct^ ofPALO ALTO. May S- /Si 6 .. ? / .? .? B alter y. ^^,P^ /7* Zt^-V o/^ iaronv «- T^oJor AT? Services of Graduates in the Mexican War. 607 brevetted twice and a number three times. A large numberof these gentlemen afterwards became prominent actors inthe greatest of ourwars (now happily a thing of the past),and their names are to-day household words, while theirbiographies are well known to all Americans. It. is thereforeunnecessary- to sketch their ]\Iexican war records at an}- greatlength, but it is thought that a few references to some of theirexploits in that contest will best elucidate the subject in hand. It has been stated that the great majorit}- of our ofl&cerswere thoroughly proficient in handling their own arms inconjunction with the other arms on the battlefield. Thisma}^ be best illustrated by references to some of the battlesof the war. At Palo Alto, while all the arms certainl}^ did well, yetthe battle o-as won almost entirely by the light artiller} skill displayed by Major Ringgold,
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