(1818-1893) General that served in the Mexican War.

General Beauregard

(1818-1893) General that served in the Mexican War.

(1816-1894) Soldier and Lawyer who fought against the Seminoles and in the Mexican War

Jubal A. Early

(1816-1894) Soldier and Lawyer who fought against the Seminoles and in the Mexican War

(1824-1886) American soldier that served in the Mexican War, Seminole War and ion the Western Frontier.

General W. S. Hancock

(1824-1886) American soldier that served in the Mexican War, Seminole War and ion the Western Frontier.

(1803-1862) American soldier who fought in the Black Hawk War, the war for Texan independence, the Mexican War, and was killed at Shiloh in the Civil War where he was fighting for the Confederate army, commanding the forces in the west.

Albert Sidney Johnston

(1803-1862) American soldier who fought in the Black Hawk War, the war for Texan independence, the Mexican…

(1807-1891) Soldier that fought in the Mexican War and in the Confederate side of the Civil War.

Joseph E. Johnston

(1807-1891) Soldier that fought in the Mexican War and in the Confederate side of the Civil War.

(1815-1862) Soldier in Mexican War and Civil War for the Union

Philip Kearny

(1815-1862) Soldier in Mexican War and Civil War for the Union

(1826-1885) American general in Mexican War and Civil War

General George McClellan

(1826-1885) American general in Mexican War and Civil War

(1826-1885) American general

George B. McClellan

(1826-1885) American general

(1815-1872) U.S. general, born in Spain

General George G. Meade

(1815-1872) U.S. general, born in Spain

"General Ord, born in Cumberland, Md., October 18th, 1818, died in Havana, Cuba, July 22nd, 1883, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1839, and assigned to the Third Artillery. He served with distinction in the Florida and Mexican Wars and during the war for the Union. The battle of Dranesville, in 1861, was won under his leadership, and he was severely wounded at the battle of Hatchie and at the assault on Fort Harrison. Having been several times promoted for gallant and meritous conduct, he became commander of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina in 1865, and led the Army of the James in the victorious engagements that ended the war. In March, 1865, he received the brevet of major general in the regular army, and he subsequently held successive command of the Departments of Arkansas, California, Texas and the Platte."— Frank Leslie, 1896

General Edward O. C. Ord

"General Ord, born in Cumberland, Md., October 18th, 1818, died in Havana, Cuba, July 22nd, 1883, was…

In honor of the forty percent of South Carolina's palmetto regiment an iron palmetto was erected. This monument which now stands on the state grounds which honors the forty percent of the regiment who died of disease and wounds.

Iron Palmetto

In honor of the forty percent of South Carolina's palmetto regiment an iron palmetto was erected. This…

(1795-1849) US President 1845-1849

James Knox Polk

(1795-1849) US President 1845-1849

"General George Sykes, born in Dover, Del., October 9th, 1822, died in Brownsville, Texas, February 9th, 1880, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842, and assigned to the Third Infantry; served in the Florida and Mexican Wars, and was brevetted captain for gallantry at Contreras, Churubusco and the capture of the city of Mexico. He became major of the Fourteenth Infantry, May 14th, 1861; was at the battle of Bull Run, and then commanded the regular infantry at Washington till March, 1862. He took part in the Peninsula campign, receiving the brevet of colonel for gallantry at Gaines's Mill and in the succeeding operations of the Army of the Potomac. At the close of the war he was brevetted major general for gallant services in the field." — Frank Leslie, 1896

George Sykes

"General George Sykes, born in Dover, Del., October 9th, 1822, died in Brownsville, Texas, February…

(1816-1870) American general

George Henry Thomas

(1816-1870) American general

"General Lorenzo Thomas, born in Newcastle, Del., October 26th, 1804, died in Washington, D. C., March 2nd, 1875, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1823; served in the Florida and Mexican Wars, and received the brevet of lieutenant colonel for gallantry at Monterey. On the 7th of May, 1861, he was brevetted brigadier general, and made adjutant general of the army on August 3rd, with the full rank of brigadier general. He served until 1863, when he was intrusted for two years with the organization of [African American] troops in the Southern States. He was brevetted major general, United States Army, on March 13th, 1865. He was retired in 1869." — Frank Leslie, 1896

Lorenzo Thomas

"General Lorenzo Thomas, born in Newcastle, Del., October 26th, 1804, died in Washington, D. C., March…