sentences:  Jacob Hirschorn
  
  Jacob Hirschorn (May 19, 1829 in Fuerth, Bavaria – February 2, 1906 in St. Louis, MO)  was a Jewish-American immigrant from Germany who served in the U.S.-Mexican War and wrote a dramatic memoir entitled ""The Mexican War.Reminiscences of a Volunteer"" from which the following information and quotations are taken.