CASUALTIES OF THE MEXICAN WAR

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Regular Army Employed in Mexico
May, 1846 to April, 1848

General Staff
20

Engineers
-

Ordnance
-

Artillery
976

Riflemen
-

Dragoons
388

Voltigeurs
-

Infantry
2,170

Marines
-

Total Original Army
in Texas, May, 1847
3,554

Recruits Sent to Mexico
May, 1846 to December, 1847
23,556

Recruits Sent to Mexico
Jan 1, 1848 to April 1, 1848
2,493

TOTAL REGULAR ARMY
29,603

Sources: S. Ex. Doc. 36, 30th Cong., 1st Sess., 6-7, Military Dictionary, 645-49; Kreidberg and Henry, History of Military Mobilization, 78; Heitman, Historical Register, II, 282.

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