General William Orlando Butler

<br><center>Born in Kentucky <br>April 19, 1791 - August 6, 1880 <br> Transylvania University 1812 <br>War of 1812 - Aide De Camp to Andrew Jackson <br> River Raisin - Pensacola - New Orleans <br>Mexican War - Major General of the Volunteers <br>Commanded 1st Volunteer Division of the Army of Occupation<br> Hero of the Battle of Monterey - February 18, 1848 <br>Last Commanding General of the American Army - Mexican War <br>Democratic Congressman from Kentucky - 1839 - 1843 <br>Democratic Vice-President nominee under Lewis Cass - 1848 <br> Poet -- Boatman's Horn & Battle of the River Raisin</center>