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• Birth	12 Mar 1828
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jul 1847	Castillo de Perote, Vera Cruz, Mexico
  Person ID	I8898	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	09 Jul 2004 00:00:00
  Father	Samuel Painter RIPLEY, b. 18 Dec 1792
  Mother	Caroline H. FITCH
  Family ID	F3661	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Perote Castle (Castillo de Perote). This old structure, built by the Spanish, was used by both the Spanishand Mexican governments as a prison. Among its more illustrious occupantswere the Texians captured during the ill-fated Texian-Santa Fe Expeditionof 1843. During the U.S. occupation, 1847-1848, it was used as ahospital. As a result, the area surrounding the moat is littered with theforgotten graves of hundreds, perhaps thousands of U.S. soldiers. Thecastle is presently being used as a prison. http://www.dmwv.org/mexwar/mwsites/mexsites.htm