The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-03-05
THE KENNESAW RANGERS
By LAWSON FIELDS

When the Mexican War broke out
in 1916, the new county of Cobb
only Ia years old at the time
promptly raised company of volun-
tiers, including eleven officers and
elghty-three privates, and proceeded
to the border with General Zachary
Taylor to show the Greasers where
to get off.
The organization was known as the
Kennesaw Rangers, and it did yeo-
man service all through the two years
the war was in progress, finally help
ing raise the Stars and Stripes over
the capitol building in the City of
Mexico in September of 1847.
This same operation may have to
be repeated one of these days, and
when it is, it wouldn't be surprising
if the descendants. of these dead-and-
gone veterans of the Mexican War
are not among those who shall unfurl
and hoist old Glory in the same spot,
duplicating what their granddads did
70 years ago.
Who were these old fellows
young fellows then-who laid aside
the yardstick and the pillow and volun-
teered their services in putting down
the naughty Santa Anna and his
chesty cohorts, and gave Uncle Sam
the states of New Mexico and Calf
fornia? -
How many returned to tell the
tale; how many left their bones in
Mexic soil? The writer can answer
neither question, but he does know
the names Of the brave and daring
fellows who went, and the list is here
by attached, taken from Whites His
torical Collections, that you may put
your finger on your particular an
cestor who had the grit and intrepid
ty to help wallop the stuffing out of
Mexico's then magnificent army.
Here is the way White records it:
Kennesaw Rangcrs-Cobb County
A. Nelson, Captain; James M.
Dobbs, 1st Lieut.; w. J. Manahan,
End Lieut.. J. H. Mehaffey, 1st Sgt.
H Trotter, End Sgt. Andrew B. Reed,
3rd Sgt; Joseph H. Winters, 4th
Sgt; S. M. Anderson, 1st Corp; Will
liam D. Neal, End Corp; William D.
Gray, 3rd Corp; William H. Craft,
4th Corp.
Privates-W. A. Appling, Cicero
H. Allen, T. J. Boyce, A. M. Boyd,
w. w. Brown, Jesse Blackburn,
Thomas A. Burroughs, John l. Ben
nett, J. B. Burton, Ephraim Bishop,
Daniel R. Bruce, William Buse, L..
D. Buse, John E. Conger, E. W. C.
Champion, James J. Crawford, J. N.
Carter, Green Copeland, John A. Cox,
John Dunwoodie, Jr., William F. Da-
venport, Thomas Dillon, John D. S.
Foote, James C. N. Foote, C. C. Far
us, W. H. Goodwin, Washington
Green, Hugh Gray, John Gray, W.
d. Gam, Andrew P. Guess, w. P.
Guess, j. 0. Hackett, J. H. Hand, w.
j. Haines, ]. B. Haden, Cicero c..
Hammock, William H. Head, George
Hodge, Nicholas Hunt, Samuel Haw-
kins, Caleb Higgins, j. M. Jordan,
Josiah Jordan, B. D. Jordan, Thomas
R. Johnson, David p Kendrick, An
drew j. Lafoy, John B. Lindley, John
Marrett, John C. Mcconnell, John
Mcconnell, John McAdams, ]. N. Mil
Ter William H. Miller, J. M. CURE,
W. H. McCutchin, John McGuffe,
Chandler McGuffe, Bedney F. Nc
Donald, James w. Mann, L. P. Nc
Carthur, Elisha N. Knight, Thomas
L. OwensvL. G. W. Philips, William
M. c. Parnell, William H. Pope, Solo
mon L. Rice, Isaac w. Robinson, Ben
jamin H. Smith, A. l.. Siler, Abner
Sweat, Lewis Sedeath, Joel Shead,
Thomas Shivers, Richard H. Shaddix,
John Tiller, John R. Winters, Flem-
ing Wiley, Thomas C. West, Leroy
W. Walton. Musicians-George T.
Lemon and Lewis j. Parr