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in 1854 He went from the graduating class directly into the Mexican war, and distinguished himself gallantly in every battle in which he took part; and he was in every engagement during the war except the battles of Bueno Vista and City of Mexico. At Molena del Rey he was one of the eleven who first entered the unclear, every man of his company being killed or wounded in the assault. In another battle,-the name of which I have forgotten-in which our troops met with temporary defeat, he with a handful of men, recaptured a canon and turned it upon the enemy with such good effect as to check the pursuit and give twice for the rallying of our forces. At unclear he was wounded by a grapeshot while assaulting that strong hold. The ball entered his left breast a little above the heart and came out at the back just under the shoulder blade, making a terrible wound. The facts were related to me by Major (Now Major General H. J. Hunt) of the artillery. When in New York he told me that the greatest annoyance the wound gave him was the necessity of being taken into the City of Mexico in a lumber wagon instead of marching in at the head of his company. This wound was finally the remote cause of his death in September, 1855. During this war he rose from his cadetship to Major by unclear. After the war, until 1854,