Calahan

Rank: Private

Unit: 2d Dragoons

Campaign: Mexican American War

Died: 12 May 1847

Cause of death: Killed in action

Location of fatality: Santa Fe, Mexico

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Note: Private Calahan’s death is cited in the book: From Everglade to Canyon With the Second United States Cavalry: An Authentic Account of Service in Florida, Mexico, Virginia, and the Indian Country, 1836–1875 written by Theophilus F. Rodenbough.

Also killed at the Battle of Santa Fe was Private Piechowski.  Three soldiers were also wounded in this action.