1st Lieutenant of Riflemen, 1808; Captain, 1809, afterwards Major; promoted Paymaster in United States Army in 1820.
H. Mendel, Co. A, 4th Cavalry.
M. Mendel,
served thirty years in the United States Army, retiring as Quartermaster Sergeant.
Heinrich Meerholz, Co. D, 10th Infantry.
Captain Otto E. Michaeles, Ordnance Department.
C. Miltenberger, Co. B, 9th Infantry.
Surgeon Philip Minis.
Major Alfred Mordecai,
a recognized authority in the military world in the field of scientific research, and in the practical application of mechanical science to the art of war; he served in the Mexican War, and was sent by our Government, together with General George B. McClellan, and Major Richard Delafield, to witness and report upon the operations in the Crimea. Major Mordecai was the author of "Reports of Experiments on Gunpowder," an "Ordnance Manual," and other works.