Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-03
18TH ANNIVERSARY Of SECOND
INFANTRY CELEBRATED TONIGHT

was busily engaged in fighting In
dians
In Mexico.
In May of 1872 the regiment re-
turned to its old stations along the
lakes and enjoyed short period of
peace, but not for long Texas became
a part of the United States by annex.
alton in March of 1874 and trouble
with Mexico at once started Diplo-
matte relations were not severed, how
ever, until the fall of the following
year when war was declared against
Mexico and the End Infantry, with the
exception of Company c, again came
under the command of Gen. Zachery
Taylor, who organized an army for
the invasion of Mexico from the
north. The regiment was assigned to
Twiggs brigade and left Monterey on
Christmas Day, 1916, marching by way
of Victoria and Tampico, $50 miles,
and there embarked for Vera Cruz,
where it became part of the army
modified at that city by Gen. Scott
for his campaign against Mexico City.
The regiment participated in all the
principal engagements in this brilliant
campaign and the entire regiment was
present at the, surrender of Mexico
City, September IA, 1S47, Company C
having joined at Pueblo in July.
In March OF, 1S4S the regiment
marched overland to Vera Cruz and
embarked for the United States, going
by way of New Orleans and the Mis-
sissippi to Jefferson Barracks, Missou-
ri. Scarcely had the regiment arrived
in this post in August, when orders
were received to proceed to Fort
Hamilton, New York, which it did in
September of the same year. Three
months later ii began the long Jour-
ney to California, going around the
Horn. The regiment remained on the
Pacific coast until late in 1853, protect
ing the interests of the miners, uphold
ing law and order and scouting the
country from Yuma, Arizona, as far
north as Goose Lake, Oregon, and
from the coast to the eastern slope
of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Re-
turning to New York by boat, it went
to Carlisle Barracks and thence down
the Ohio and Missouri to Fort Leaven-
worth, where il arrived in June, 1854.
In Civil War. .......... .... -.
In July and August of 1851 the regi-
ment went to Washington, d. c., leav-
ing Companies Z and B in Missouri
and Company H at Fort Leavenworth,
until June, 1868. i )
The regiments in whole or In part
was present in nearly every battle of
the army of the Potomac, beginning
with the battle of Bull Run, July 81,
1861, where with a feN other regular
troops it helped to prevent the retreat
becoming rout. ...E
On June 1, 1864, the strength of the
regiment having dwindled to less than
100 men, the enlisted men, except such
Of the non-commissioned officers as
were not required, were transferred
to Company G, where, after losing 30
per cent in the battle of Culls Harbor,
June 2, 1864, went on duty as provost
guard of the End Division, 9Th Army
Corps. The remainder of the regi- |
ment, officers, non-commissioped off
GERS, staff and band, went to Fort
Columbus, New York, and thence to
Newport Barracks, Kentucky, where
steps were taken to recruit
the regiment, but it was not until the
end of January, 1856, that the required
number of men were obtained. Dur
ing this time the regiment was COM
by only two colonies; Dixon
5. Miles, who was killed at Harper's
Ferry. February 16, 1852, was succeed
ed by COL Sidney Burbank.
In April, 1869, the regiment, upon
It's consolidation with the 18th Infan-
try, went to Atlanta, Georgia, with
attachments at Huntsville, Mobile and
Alabama. 1t remained
n the south during the stirring days
Of the reconstruction period, perform
ng the most arduous and disagreeable |