This is a list of members of the Aztec Club of 1847. Rank indicated below is highest rank held in either United States or Confederate Service.[1]
Original Members[]
Original members are those who joined when the Club was formed in 1847.
- Brigadier General John J. Abercrombie
- Colonel Electus Backus
- Brevet Major General John G. Barnard
- Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard
- Colonel Charles John Biddle
- Confederate Brigadier General Milledge Luke Bonham
- Brigadier General George Cadwalader
- Major General Philip St. George Cooke
- Major General William H. French
- Governor of Oregon Territory John P. Gaines
- General Ulysses S. Grant
- Brevet Major General William S. Harney
- Major General Joseph Hooker
- Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston
- Major General Philip Kearny
- Major General Edmund Kirby
- Confederate General Robert E. Lee
- Confederate Major General John B. Magruder
- Major General George B. McClellan
- Brigadier General Justice McKinstry
- Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton
- Brigadier General Franklin Pierce
- Major General Fitz John Porter
- Brigadier General Joseph H. Potter
- Major General John A. Quitman
- Major General Jesse L. Reno
- Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott
- Major General Charles F. Smith
- Major General Gustavus W. Smith
- Brevet Major General Persifor F. Smith
- Major General George Sykes
- Brevet Major General Zealous B. Tower
- Confederate Major General David E. Twiggs
- Brevet Major General William Jenkins Worth
Veteran Members[]
Club members agreed to accept other veteran officers of the war. Veteran members are members who were Veterans of the Mexican War but joined after 1847.[2]
- Major General Christopher C. Augur
- Confederate Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner
- Major General Silas Casey
- Brigadier General Henry Boynton Clitz
- Major General Darius N. Couch
- Major General Thomas L. Crittenden
- Brigadier General Frederick T. Dent
- Brigadier General Gustavus De Russy
- Major General William B. Franklin
- Major General Samuel Gibbs French
- Major General George W. Getty
- Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi
- Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
- Major General Guy V. Henry
- Brevet Major General Henry Jackson Hunt
- Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet
- Rear Admiral Stephen Luce
- Major General William W. Loring
- General William T. Sherman
- Major General John A. Quitman
Honorary Members[]
One member was chosen as an honorary member, as commanding general for the northern campaign of the way.[1]
- Major General Zachary Taylor
Hereditary Members[]
After a time, members agreed to accept the first born son of original and veteran members as hereditary members in order to keep the club alive after the deaths of the veterans.[2]
- Brigadier General Joshua Hall Bates
- Major Charles J. Biddle
- Rear Admiral Norman J. Blackwood
- General Milledge Lipscomb Bonham
- Lieutenant General James Carson Breckinridge, USMC
- Rear Admiral Silas Casey, III
- Major General Ulysses S. Grant, III
- Major General David Dixon Porter, USMC (Medal of Honor recipient.)
- Rear Admiral Montgomery Meigs Taylor, USN
- Major General William Wallace Wotherspoon (Army Chief of Staff.)
Notes[]
The original article can be found at List of members of the Aztec Club of 1847 and the edit history here.