Official First Roll Call
With DUE RESPECT
Sources: Niles' National Register, Baltimore, MD, July 3, 1847, p.279
W. E. Connelly. Doniphan's Expedition, the Conquest of New Mexico and California (Topeka: W. E. Connelly, 1907), pp.527-581
Bernard DeVoto. The Year of Decision 1846 (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1943).
AFFAIR AT HUAMANTLA, MEXICO, OCTOBER 8, 1847
AND SUBSEQUENT ACTION, OCTOBER 1O & 11, 1847
Killed:
1. Capt. Samuel H. Walker, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles.
2. Cpl. Joseph E. Merriken. Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles.
3. Pvt. Hergenin or Hugenen, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles.
4. Pvt. Tarbox, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles.
5. Pvt. Richardson, Capt. Loyall’s Co., Georgia Mounted Volunteers.
6. Pvt. Rickey, Georgia Mounted Volunteers.
7. Pvt. Smith, 3d Artillery.
8. David, a negro slave, servant to Captain Walker.
9. Sgt. McLean, Louisiana Mounted Volunteers.
10. Pvt. Wall, Co. G, 4th Indiana Volunteers.
11. Pvt. Birch, Co. G, 4th Indiana Volunteers.
12. Pvt. Teedman, 4th Infantry.
13. Unknown Teamster; killed 10 October 1847.
Wounded:
1. *Second Lt. Chas. Tansey, Co. B, 4th Indiana Volunteers; died at Puebla.
2. Sgt. Russell, Co. B, 2d Dragoons.
3. *Cpl. Glanding; since dead.
4. Pvt. Geo. W. Walters, Co. K, 4th Indiana Volunteers.
5. Pvt. Josiah Bailey, Co. C, 4th Indiana Volunteers.
6. Musician Finch, Co. E, 4th Indiana Volunteers.
7. Pvt. Martin Dormar, Co. I, 4th Indiana Volunteers.
8. Pvt. Peter Campbell, Co. I, 4th Indiana Volunteers.
9. Pvt. Andrew Hattenstine, Co. D, 4th Ohio Volunteers, serving with Indiana Volunteers; leg cut off afterward.
10. Pvt. Meachem, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles; severely.
11. Pvt. Raborg, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles; lost a leg.
12. Pvt. Welch, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles; slightly.
13. Pvt. Wayne, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles; slightly.
14. Pvt. McGill, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles; slightly.
15. Pvt. Scott, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles; slightly.
16. Pvt. Myers, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles; slightly.
17. Pvt. Murray or Murrey, Capt. Lewis’ Co., Louisiana Mounted Volunteers.
18. Pvt. Fornley, Capt. Loyall’s Co., Georgia Mounted Volunteers; slightly.
19. Pvt. Milton, Capt. Loyall’s Co., Georgia Mounted Volunteers; slightly.
20. Pvt. Stetson, Louisiana Mounted Volunteers.
21. Wagon-master Poley; arm shot off, near Napaloucan, 10 October 1847,
22. Pvt. Eckert, Co. H, 4th Ohio Volunteers; wounded at El Piñal, 11 October 1847.
Missing:
1. Sgt. Goslin or Gosling, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles.
2. Pvt. Dement, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles.
3. Pvt. Isaac P. Darlington, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles.
4. Pvt. Collins, Co. C, U. S. Mounted Rifles.
5. Pvt. McCleary or McCleerey, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles.
6. Pvt. Richards, Co. C, U.S. Mounted Rifles.
7. Pvt. Brackholst, First Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers.
8. Pvt. Lienburg, Voltigeurs.
9. Pvt. Leland, Voltigeurs.
10. Pvt. Murphy, Co, I, 4th Indiana Volunteers.