An Account of the Organization of the Army of the United States: With Biographies of Distinguished Officers of All Grades, Volume 1E.H. Butler & Company, 1848 - Mexican War, 1846-1848 |
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academy American appointed arms army ARTICLES OF WAR artillery attack authority battery battle battle of Chippewa brevet rank brigade brigadier-general British campaign Captain capture cers charge Cherokees chief Chippewa Colonel Colonel Scott commanding officer commissioned officer congress corps court court-martial defence diers dollars per month dragoons duty E. H. BUTLER Edmund Pendleton Gaines enemy engineers English enlisted Florida forage force Fort Erie Fort George French frontier Gaines garrison grade honor horse hundred immediately Indians infantry lieutenant lieutenant-colonel Major major-general mand March martial ment Mexican Mexico military militia nation Niagara non-commissioned officer offence offi officer or soldier Officers or sol ordnance pages 12mo person president prisoners PUBLISHED BY E. H. punishment quartermaster's department Queenstown received regiment river Seminoles sentence South Carolina staff subalterns surgeons sutler tion Towson troops Twiggs United Vera Cruz Virginia volunteers Washington whole WINFIELD SCOTT wounded