General Notes

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Was Captain in the Mexican War, and a territorial Governor of Kansas under
Buchanan.  "Memorial Record of Alabama" V.I. Published by Brant and
Fuller, Madison, Wisc US/CAN 976.1 H2m, v.I. p.935.
"The citizens of Montgomery responded with their characteristic zeal and
promptness for the late war with Mexico. As soon as the news of the
battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma was received, a public
meeting was held looking to aid for General Zachary Taylor. General Rush
Elmore raised a full Company in an incredibly short time, under General
Gaines' call for volunteers, and hastened to the Rio Grande. The
"Montgomery True Blues," under Captain J. L. Mumford, also followed to
Mobile, where an Alabama regiment was to be organized. Owing to
disagreements and other causes, the Blues returned home, while Captain
Mumford went to Mexico and eventually died in August, 1847, at Tampico,
of yellow fever. Col. J. J. Seibels of Montgomery raised a Battalion,
which was stationed at Orizaba. Quite a number of our young men went to
the scene of operations and united with various commands. It is a matter
of regret that a copy of the roll of Gen. Elmore's Company of Seibels'
Battalion cannot be obtained for this publication, owing to a singular
regulation at the War Department in Washington City."  (1)
(1) A BRIEF HISTORY OF MONTGOMERY, BY M. P. BLUE, Esq., Published 1878 by
T. C. Bingham & Co., Montgomery, Alabama.
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