Jon Riley
Military Person
1817 – 1850
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Who was Jon Riley?
John Patrick Riley, also known as John Patrick O'Riley, a United States Army private, was one of the several hundred immigrant Catholic Irishmen who defected from the US Army and formed the Saint Patrick's Battalion to fight for Mexico in the 1846-48 Mexican-American War. Riley led the battalion as a brevet major commissioned by Mexico.
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- Born
- Feb 8, 1817
Clifden - Also known as
- John O'Riley
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Mexico
- United Kingdom
- Employment
- Lieutenant, United States Army
- Lived in
- County Galway
- Died
- Oct 10, 1850
Veracruz
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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