Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Wynkoop, Francis M. |
Role |
Military |
Born |
1818 |
Deceased |
12/13/1857 |
Places of residence |
Pottstown, Pennsylvania Veracruz, Mexico |
Titles & honors |
Colonel, 5th Devision, 1st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Mexican-American War. Commander of the Military Department of Perote (1847). |
Notes |
Francis M. Wynkoop mustered into the United States Army on December 1, 1846, as a Colonel for the 1st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. He survived the war and mustered out of service on August 8, 1848. Wynkoop commanded the 1st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers while they occupied the Castle of Perote in Veracruz, Mexico, during the Mexican-American War. |
