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e most popular men we ever know. He was with General Taylor, at the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Monterey, and was wounded in the first of these engagements. Transferred to the Army under General Scott, he was at the siege of Vera Cruz, at the battle of Cerro Gordo, at Jalapa, and at all the fights until Chepultepec. At the last named he was desperately wounded in a daring attempt to scale the walls, and thus became disqualified for active service for several weeks. Before ved from the University of Virginia, in 1826. He served in the artillery during the Mexican war, and distinguished himself highly in that service, having won several brevets by his gallantry and intelligence. He fought in all the battles from Vera Cruz to Mexico, and displayed all the qualities of a consummate officer. Yet another. Maj. Robt. S. Garnett has left the service of the United States and taken up that of his native State. He was in nearly all the battles of the Mexican wa