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Sixth Series Volume X. Edited by Thomas Lynch Montgomery Under the Direction of the Hon. Robert McAfee, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Harrisburg, Pa.: Harrisburg Publishing Company, State Printer, 1907. MEXICAN WAR-1846-47.
288 MEXICAN WAR-1846-47.
DABZELL, JOHN, Private, Co. K, 1st. Reg.; enrolled Dec. 1, 1846 at Pittsburg; mustered in Dec. 16, 1846 at Pittsburg; discharged at Vera Cruz Apl. 27, 1847 on account of disability.
DALEY, JOSEPH, 28, Private, Co. G, 2nd. Reg.; enrolled Dec. 6, 1846 at Harrisburg by Capt. Williams; mustered in Jan. 2, 1847 at Pittsburg by Lt. Fields; died in hospital at New Orleans, (date unknown).
DANA, E. L., 31, Captain, Co. I, 1st. Reg.; enrolled Nov. 22, 1846 at Wilkes- Barre by Capt. Dana; mustered in Dec. 16, 1846 at Pittsburg by Lt. H. B. Fields.
DANIEL, JOHN, 22, Private, Co. M, 2nd. Reg.; enrolled May 5, 1847 at Newton Hamilton by Capt. Caldwell; mustered in May 19, 1847 at Pittsburg by Lt. Fields; deserted May 29 at Pittsburg.
DANIELS, CHARLES, Private, Co. L, 2nd. Reg.; enrolled May 6 at Bedford by Capt. Taylor; mustered in May 26 at Pittsburg by Lt. Fields; mustered out July 14, 1848 at Pittsburg.
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DANNER, JACOB, Private, Co. C, 1st. Reg.; enrolled Dec. 15, 1846 at Pittsburg by Capt. Small; mustered in Dec. 17, 1846 at Pittsburg by Lt. Fields; died at Puebla Sept. 10, 1847 of diarrhea contracted in service.
DARRAH, JOHN, 30, Private, Co. H, 1st. Reg.; enrolled Dec. 2, 1846 at Phila. by Capt. Scott; mustered in Dec. 16, 1846 at Pittsburg by Capt. R. K. Scott; died Sept. 27, 1847 of diarrhea contracted in service.
DAVENPORT, LEWIS, 27, Private, Co. H, 2nd. Reg.; enrolled and mustered in Aug. 17, 1847 at Phila. by JA. Dutton; mustered out July 12, 1848 at Pittsburg.
DAVIDSON, DAVID M., Private, Co. I, 2nd. Reg.; enrolled Dec. 30, 1846 at Pittsburg by Capt. Porter; mustered in Jan. 4, 1847 at Pittsburg by Lt. H. B. Fields; mustered out July 20, 1848 at Pittsburg.
DAVIS, BENJAMIN F., 22, Private, Co. D, 2nd. Reg.; enrolled Dec. 11, 1846 at Ebensburg by Capt. Murray; mustered in Jan. 5, 1847 at Pittsburg by JA, Fields; appointed Sergt. Nov. 1, 1847; discharged July 14, 1848.
DAVIS, BIVEN R., 1st. Lt., Co. L, 2nd. Reg.; enrolled May 6 at Bedford by Capt. Taylor; mustered in May 26 at Pittsburg by Lt. Fields; mustered out July 14, 1848 at Pittsburg.
DAVIS, EMOR M., 20, Private, Co. K, 2nd. Reg.; enrolled Dec. 24, 1846 at Mauch Chunk by Capt. Miller; mustered in Jan. 1, 1847 at Pittsburg by Lt. H. B. Fields; discharged at City Mexico March (illegible) 1848.
DAVIS, HENRY, 20, Private, Co. G, 2nd. Reg.; enrolled Dec. 6, 1846 at Harrisburg by Capt. Williams; mustered in Jan. 2, 1847 at Pittsburg by Lt. Fields; mustered out July 20, 1848 at Pittsburg by Col. Wright; promoted to the rank of 1st. Sergt. Jan. 1, 1848.
DAVIS, JOHN, (long) 21, Private, Co. H, 2nd. Reg.; enrolled Dec. 16, 1846 at Uniontown; mustered in Jan. 4, 1847 at Pittsburg by Lt. Fields; deserted at Camp Jack New Orleans Jan. 1847.
DAVIS, JOHN, (short) 18, Private, Co. H, 2nd. Reg.; enrolled Dec. 16, 1846 at
Uniontown; mustered in Jan. 4, 1847 at Pittsburg by Lt. Fields; transferred to
Dragoons at Vera Cruz exchange for William Thompson 1847.
Within the above transcript we find the following for John, "DARRAH, JOHN, 30, Private, Co. H, 1st. Reg.; enrolled Dec. 2, 1846 at Phila. by
Capt. Scott; mustered in Dec. 16, 1846 at Pittsburg by Capt. R. K. Scott; died
Sept. 27, 1847 of diarrhea contracted in service."
It is interesting to point out that the last tax entry for John F. Darrah in Bucks County, Pennsylvania was for the year 1843. That leaves a gap of approximately two years until he 'enrolled' in the Army on December 2, 1846.