page_title: Napoleon J.T. Dana
section_title: War with Mexico
hierarchical_section_title: Napoleon J.T. Dana / Early life / War with Mexico
caption_attribution_description: English: Pedigree of Capt Luther Dana 1790 (Grandfather of Maj Gen NJT Dana 1822) back to Richard Dana 1648
context_page_description: Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana was a career U.S. Army officer who fought with distinction during the Mexican–American War and served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was wounded several times during his military career, often severely, and later in life was involved with railroads and veteran soldier affairs in the U.S.
context_section_description: During the Mexican–American War, Dana and the 7th participated in the defense of Fort Brown from May 3–9, 1846 and then fought at the Battle of Monterrey on September 21–23. He was promoted to first lieutenant on February 16, 1847, and took part in the Siege of Vera Cruz on March 9–29.
  During the Battle of Cerro Gordo on April 17 and 18, Dana was severely wounded in the hip while storming the entrenchments on Telegraph Hill. A burial detail came across the injured Dana after he had been left on the field for about 36 hours; Dana had been left for dead where he fell. For his actions at Cerro Gordo, Dana was commissioned a brevet captain.
  After recovering from the injury, Dana was on recruiting service from 1847 to 1848, on duty at Boston, Mass. as Assistant Quartermaster in 1848, and then various posts in Minnesota and Washington, D.C. from 1848 to 1855. Dana resigned from the army on March 1, 1855, and relocated to St. Paul, Minnesota, and became a banker. In 1857 Dana began serving in the Minnesota State Militia as a brigadier general until 1861.
caption: Pedigree of Capt Luther Dana 1790 (Grandfather of Maj Gen NJT Dana 1822) back to Richard Dana 1648
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