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STAFFORD COUNTY

MEXICAN WAR VETERANS

On May 13, 1846, Congress passed and President Polk signed a bill that acknowledged that a state of war already existed between the United States and Mexico. The war ended on May 30, 1848 when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo went into effect. The United States added a half million square miles to its territory. It was the "Manifest Destiny" of the United States to control the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Two men from Stafford County fought in the Mexican War.

FRANKLIN, LAFAYETTE 1st Virginia Volunteers, Co. C
Enlisted Dec. 10, 1846. Discharged at Monterey on Apr. 2, 1847, on surgeon's certificate due to loss of forefinger on right hand by accidental discharge of his own musket. Born Feb. 27, 1825, Rappahannock, VA. Died Apr. 16, 1911, Stafford Co., VA

SANFORD, THOMAS Bugler Co. D, 2nd Texas Volunteers. Buried Sanford Family Cemetery #2.

Researched, written and contributed by: Homer Musselman

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