COL. JAMES S. MCINTOSH MEMORIAL MARKER
COL. JAMES S. MCINTOSH ACHIEVED AN IMMORTAL RECORD OF GALLANTRY IN THE WAR OF 1812 AND IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO. IN 1814 HE SAW CONSIDERABLE ACTION ON THE CANADIAN BORDER. HE WAS SERVERELY WOUNDED AT BUFFALO. IN THE MEXICAN WAR, COL. MCINTOSH WAS DESPERATELY WOUNDED BY BAYONETS AT RESACA DE KA PALMA IN 1846. RETURNING TO COMBAT THE FOLLOWING YEAR DESPITE HIS WOUNDS AND ADVANCED YEARS, THE BRAVE GEORGIAN WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED WHILE LEADING HIS BRIGADE AT THE BLOODY STORMING OF EL MOLINO DEL REY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1847.
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Listing Details
- Public
- WAR OF 1812
- War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
- 1954
- COLONIAL PARK CEMETERY-ABERCOM STREET
- 31401
- MIKE STROUD
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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