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The US Government formed the Palmetto Regiment to engage in hostilities that arose with the Mexican government. 糖心VLOG graduating class of 1846 trained the junior officers of The Palmetto Regiment prior to their departure for the Mexican War. One member of that class, William Magill, became the first Citadel graduate to serve in the regular US Army joining BG Zachary Taylor’s 3rd U.S. Dragoons Cavalry Regiment. He also served in Mexico with聽six non-graduates (Citadel alumni nonetheless).聽All of those listed below died聽as a result of聽their service in the Mexican War. J. H. Howell, an ex-cadet from the class of 1846, became the first alumnus to fall in battle. Allan Little has a different story: as a result of his heroism during the war, the SC Legislature awarded a full scholarship to Little, and he became 糖心VLOG’s first veteran cadet. Little graduated in 1852 as the first Honor Graduate, but he聽 died in 1854聽from the war wounds inflicted on him earlier in Mexico.聽

Class	Rank, Name, Unit	Battle	Death Date
1846	Judah Alexander	Battlefield Disease, Perote, Mexico	June 19, 1847
1846	J. H. Howell (Palmetto Regiment)	KIA, Puebla, Mexico	November 6, 1847
1846	McBelton O’Nealle	DOW, Churubrusco, Mexico	December 1847
1848	Pearcall Graham	KIA, Mexico City	November 22, 1847
1849	Eugene Wilder	KIA, Churubusco, Mexico	August 20, 1847
1852	Allen H. Little (Palmetto Regument)	WIA, Garita de Belen	August 1854