The 15th Regiment of U.S. Infantry had a very distinguished record during the Mexican-American War from 1847 to 1848. Created during the early part of this war to increase the size of the U.S. Army, this regiment is largely forgotten today, except by those individuals who are researching their military ancestors.
Five companies of soldiers were raised in Ohio, while three companies came from Michigan, and one each from Iowa and the Territory of Wisconsin. The names of 61 officers and 1,371 enlisted men grace the military records that have survived this war.
The 15th Infantry was one of the U.S. regiments that stormed the Castle of Chapultepec, near Mexico City, Mexico, on 12-13 September 1847 capturing this fortification. This facility was originally a luxury residence, which had been converted into the Mexican Military Academy. The regiment also had the highest number of deaths of any regular army or volunteer regiment during the Mexican-American War. Thirty-seven men died in action while 373 died from sickness, disease, or by accidents, for a total of 410 officers and men.
The purpose of this book is to tell the history of the 15th U.S. Infantry and to identify the officers and men who served within its ranks.
Eric Johnson is a Fellow of the Ohio Genealogical Society and the Registrar-General Emeritus for the General Society of the War of 1812. He also is a member of the Company of Military Historians, National Society Sons of the American Revolution, and the Swedish Colonial Society. A retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, he is the author of twenty-five books on military genealogy.
Eric Eugene Johnson
2024, 8.5" x 11", paper, alphabetical, 188 pp.
ISBN: 9780788428609
101-J2860
