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History of Military Units in Columbia County, FL (1970) Robert Gary Shields

MEXICAN WAR

After the United States bec'ine involved in.wr.r with Mexico

Florid;; was authorized three companies of fiflemen to be
design ted as the ’’Florid' Volunteer* B- ttr lion" . (Companies
A, B, & C) In June of 1847, Comp-ny C w-s organized ?t

Allig-tor by Capt. Robert G. Livingston of Newmah^ille(Al'chu-).
After bout two months training,this comp-ny m-rched to

Tall- h-ssee -nd on 14 August 1847 vr s presented - fl-fe by
Governor Mosely. Ex-Governor Duv-1 delivered sn "Oration".
The unit then moved to St. M-rks -nd shipped out to Mexico,

-rriving -t Ver- Cruz 30 September 1847. The other companies
of the b-tt-lion remained in the United States.

Livingston's Comp- ny w--s -ssigned to gu-rd communic-tions,
marching first to J-l-h-, -rriving 1 November 1847. By 1 Dec
1847, the unit v/^s ' t Puebla; rem- ining there until the w-r

ended. Returning to Florid- the. Comp-ny w~s mustered out 8
July 1848. _

Captain Livingston wr s killed in -n -ccident while -. t
Puebla.

The Comp-ny w-s recruited from the -ria surrotyiding Allig-tor
-nd - list of the men from Alligrtor follows:

D-niel M. Stewart, 1st Lt. Died Ver- Cruz
Willirm M, Scott, 2nd. Lt. ’
Edwrd B. Br-nnen, 2nd. Sgt.
Thom-s J. Br-nnen, 2nd, Corp, Died J-1-h-
George W. Stew-rt, 3rd. Corp.
Jesse E. Thom- s
George N. Barnes
Jonh M. Costello
Willis R. Dangerfield, Died Jalrh-
John D- vidson
Willi-m Gillett
Elij-h- Hunter
Benj-min B. L-ne
John Lo-ch Died Ver- Cruz
Robert R. M-rtin
Crispin Morg- n 'Died J-1-Ii-
Jacob Ro11erson
Thom- s Nichol-s Died Ver- Cruz
Granville Worthington
Thim-s Altm-n

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