The following article about Switzerland County, Indiana in the Mexican War appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 8 Apr 1886 – Page 4, Column 2
See also: Switzerland County Military Records
Roster of Co From Switzerland County in the Mexican War.
Mr. Julius Dufour has favored us with the following full list of the Company enlisted in this county during the war with Mexico. At that time Mr. Dufour was a merchant, and received an order for uniforms for the members of the company, and has the original order, from which we copy the names:
MUSTER ROLL OF THE SWITZERLAND RIFLE MEN.
Scott Carter, Captain.
William Price, 1st Lieutenant.
Smith Dumont, 2nd Lieutenant.
David Allen, age 20
Jesse Burton, 44
Ebenezer Bright, 46
Richard Bright, 29
Joseph Bosaw, 20
Johnson Brown, 20
Jesse O Cole, 18
Silas Caulkins, 20
Alfred Cook, 18
Gabriel J. Dalmazzo, 25
Theophile Danglade, 20
Edward Detraz, 23
William Dilks, 20
Franklin Dufour, 22
John Davidson, 28
William Elsrod, 41
John S. Elston, 19
Richard Fallis, 28
William T. Goddard
Thomas Gustline, 23
William P. Guard, 20
Henry Humbert, 25
Charles Humbert, 21
Nathan Harwood, 30
William J. Hooper, 32
Wilson Houston, 18
Hiram Hunt, 19
James C. Hart, 19
Arden Heath, 20
Jeremiah Henkle
William Henderson, 34
Eli Jessup, 22
Lemuel Kirtley, 19
David Kelley, 21
William H. Marsh, 24
Lewis F. Marston, 23
James P. Marsh, 23
Joseph Moore, 18
Columbus McCulloch, 18
Hugh Manford, 23
William McKenzy, 24
Jackson Mount, 28
Miles Mendenhall, 19
Wilson McCrary, 26
Thomas McDowell, 23
Alexander McCrary, 20
Allen Merrill, 18
Eugene Morerod, 21
Michael Oram, 21
Levi Phillips, 19
William Preser, 27
James Patterson, 21
Nathan Peak, 24
Charles Pleasants, 21
George Richmond, 22
Frederick Ramey, 18
Lorenzo Roberts, 21
John Rochat, 18
Abel Stout, 20
Isaac Sheredin, 31
Robert Sheredin, 21
Jesse Stepleton, 20
Baley Shelley, 20
William Scott, 29
James H. Scott, 31
Rufus Stevens, 23
Edward Shiefelbein, 29
George Saddler, 21
Robert Torrence, 20
James Torrence, 23
William Terry, 19
Ruben Terry, 25
Smith Ligner, 21
Henry Turner, 19
Benjamin Viles, 18
Rial B. Wilcox, 20
John Wiles, 18
Lewis Wilkinson, 18
Carles N. White, 19
Jackson Waltz, 21
William Walker, 18