IN COMMAND AT VERA CRUZ, 1847- 1848. Colonel George Nauman, a native of Lancaster, served with distinction through the Mexican War. During the latter part of that conflict he was in command of the fortress of San Juan de Ulloa, at Vera Cruz, the " City of the True Cross," and, as that city occupies

A LANCASTRIAN IN THE MEXICAN WAR I nave in my possession a number of letters written during the Mexican War by an officer who served through that conflict, a Lancastrian by birth and family, Colonel George Nauman. From these letters I have made such selections as seemed to be of interest to the