Dekalb County GaArchives Obituaries.....Braden, Miner January 31 1913
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The Atlanta Constitution, February 2, 1913
Mexican Veteran Died on Thursday
Miner L. Braden Was With Army That Captured City of Mexico
Miner L. Braden, veteran of the Mexican war and of the civil war, died last 
Thursday morning at the home of F. M. Mansfield, in Gwinnett county, at the 
advanced age of 92 years.  He was buried in the family burying ground in 
DeKalb county, four miles from Stone Mountain.  Mr. Braden enlisted for the 
war with Mexico with the Palmetto, S.C., regiment when it was mustered in at 
Mobile, Ala.  It was his company that first entered the captured City of 
Mexico.  He fought in all the battles from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico 
under General Winfield Scott.  Worn out with the long fights and marches, he 
fell ill and had to be brought back to his native country in a wagon.  After 
the Mexican war he married Miss Mary J. Milligan, who died a few years ago.  
He enlisted for the civil war with the Twelfth Georgia battalion, and saw much 
hard fighting until his command was disbanded at Chattanooga.  There were no 
children.  He has relatives scattered over the state, Mrs. Mansfield, at whose 
home he died, being one of his cousins.  He drew a pension from the government 
for his services in the Mexican war up to the time of his death.  He was born 
on May 16, 1822, in North Carolina, and moved to Georgia with his father when 
he was 6 years of age.  He was said to be the last survivor of the old 
Palmetto regiment, which did such valiant service under General Scott.

Additional Comments:
Minor (Miner) is the son of Rhoda Lankford and Robert Mansfield Braden, Sr.  
He's buried at the Braden Family Cemetery in DeKalb Co., GA.

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