Mexican-American War: Battle of Palo Alto

the first major battle of the Mexican–American War and was fought on May 8, 1846

Pic	Name	Birth	Death	Birthplace
	Benjamin Alvord	18 AUG 1813	16 OCT 1884	VT, Rutland Co, Rutland
	William Goldsmith Belknap	7 SEP 1794	10 NOV 1851	NY, Orange Co, Newburgh
	William Wallace Smith Bliss	17 AUG 1815	5 AUG 1853	NY, Washington Co, Whitehall
	Robert Christie Buchanan	13 MAR 1811	29 NOV 1878	MD, Baltimore City
	Theodore Lincoln Chadbourne	21 AUG 1822	9 MAY 1846	ME, Washington Co, Eastport
	Simon Snyder Fahnestock	11 SEP 1819	15 JUN 1876	PA, Dauphin Co, Harrisburg
	BMAJ William Seton Henry	6 MAY 1816	5 MAR 1851	NY, Albany Co, Albany
	Charles Frederick Morris	1819	17 SEP 1847	NY, Ontario Co, Canandaigua
	Delos Bennet Sacket	14 APR 1822	8 MAR 1885	NY, Jefferson Co, Cape Vincent
Second Lt
	Don Carlos Buell	23 MAR 1818	19 NOV 1898	OH, Washington Co, Lowell
	Gen. Henry Francis Clarke	9 NOV 1820	10 MAY 1887	PA, Fayette Co, Brownsville
	Gen Ulysses Simpson Grant	27 APR 1822	23 JUL 1885	OH, Clermont Co, Point Pleasant
	Israel Bush Richardson	26 DEC 1815	3 NOV 1862	VT, Franklin Co, Fairfax
	Edmund Kirby Smith	16 MAY 1824	28 MAR 1893	FL, St Johns Co, St Augustine