He is considered to have been the Father of the US Cavalry.
He achieved the bloodless capture of Santa Fe in the Mexican American War and then marched to California.
Stephen Kearny.
General Stephen W. Kearny.
He is called the Father of the US Cavalry.
General Stephen Kearny
Stephen Kearny.
Stephen W. Kearny was born on 1794-08-30.
Stephen W. Kearny died on 1848-10-31.
General Stephen Kearny.
General Stephen Watts Kearny.
American general in war with Mexico, he captured Santa Fe without fireing a shot
President James K. Polk, General Zachary Taylor, General Winfield Scott, General Stephen Kearny,
Kearny served in the War of 1812, on the American Frontier and the Mexican American War. He contracted Yellow Fever in Veracruz and died at the age of 54 in St. Louis.