KLINE, JOHN (1815-1847). Second lieutenant, Battalion of Louisiana Mounted Volunteers. According to Green-Wood records, John Kline was born in Brooklyn on December 23, 1815. He was living in Brooklyn when he left to fight in the Mexican-American War. The inscription on his gravestone lists him as a second lieutenant in the Louisiana Mounted Volunteers during the Mexican War. The article, “At Long Last . . . ,” found at green-wood.com, describes Kline as serving with the Louisiana Rangers. Per the book, History of the War Between the United States and Mexico: From the Commencement of Hostilities to the Ratification of the Treaty of Peace, he served in Captain Lewis’s company.
Kline was killed in battle on September 23, 1847, at Paso de Ovejas, Mexico, near the National Bridge (Puente Nacional). It was a brief conflict, and the Mexicans were driven off. Kline was not married at the time of his death. ...
