They enlisted at Burlington, VT on 1 May 1847 and left almost immediately for Mexico. They were in a large group of soldiers who contracted a disease caused by the water supply.
The able-bodied moved on and left the rest of them in a hospital in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico where most of them eventually died and were buried in a large trench dug alongside the hospital.
They enlisted at Burlington, VT on 1 May 1847 and left almost immediately for Mexico. They were in a large group of soldiers who contracted a disease caused by the water supply.
The able-bodied moved on and left the rest of them in a hospital in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico where most of them eventually died and were buried in a large trench dug alongside the hospital.
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Solomon Franklin Blackmer
1817–1891
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Emily Angeline Blackmer Johns
1819–1899
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Clarissa Blackmer Wescott
1821–1888
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Ira R. Blackmer Jr
1824–1847
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Charles Johnson Blackmer
1825–1892
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Hiram Warren Blackmer
1832–1908
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Melissa A Blackmer Davis
1834–1893
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Rollin N. Blackmer
1836–1908
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Mary M Blackmer Pangburn
1840–1919
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