Stephen Watts Kearny was the fifteenth and youngest child of Philip and Susanna Watts Kearny. His father, who was of Irish ancestry (the family name had originally been O'Kearny), was a successful wine merchant and … Xem thêm

In 1812 Kearny was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in the War of 1812 in the 13th Infantry Regiment in the U.S. Army. On 13 October 1812 during the Battle of Queenston Heights, Kearny and Lieutenant Colonel Winfield Scott led a charge, which took the British … Xem thêm

• Ames, George Walcott, Jr. (Introduction and notes) and a foreword by Lyman, George, D., M.D. (1943) A Doctor Comes to California, The … Xem thêm

In the late 1820s after his career was established, Kearny met, courted and married Mary Radford, the stepdaughter of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The couple had eleven children, of whom six died in childhood. He was the uncle of Xem thêm

Historian Allan Nevins, examining his attacks on Frémont, states that Kearny:
was a stern-tempered soldier who made few friends and … Xem thêm

• "Stephen W. Kearny", Mexican–American War, PBS
• A Continent Divided: The U.S. - Mexico War, Center for Greater Southwestern Studies, the University of Texas at Arlington Xem thêm