Mexican War Accounts and Related Papers (PA) 1846-1880

About This Collection

A collection of muster rolls and claims for pay for the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Pennsylvania Volunteers who participated in the Mexican War. The muster rolls generally provide soldiers' names, ages and ranks; dates and location of muster-in; names of mustering officers; names of units, regiments, and companies; and the names of commanding officers to which assigned. The Claims for State Pay usually provide the soldiers' names, units of service, and the reasons the claims were filed. Some claim forms also provide the claimants' residences, dates of enlistment, terms of service, wounds suffered, dates of discharges, and pensions received. Images of accounts are arranged by regiment and company, and thereunder alphabetically by first letter of veteran's surname. This collection is part of the Office of the Auditor General which audits the fiscal affairs for the Commonwealth.