All the Whig reflections on General Pierce's valor, his talents, his popularity in the army, and indeed every charge against him should be effectually silenced by the fact that nearly all the officers of the United States army in the Mexican war are his ardent supporters. The fact that not one officer of the army in any of our wars has openly advocated General Scott is equally significant of the relative positions of the two generals, with that branch of the public service. The following is a list of some of the officers who support General Pierce:
    Gen. John E. Wool of New York.
    Gen. Wm. O. Butler of Kentucky.
    Gen. Robert Patterson of Pennsylvania.
    Gen. John A. Quitman of Mississippi.
    Gen. Gideon J. Pillow of Tennessee.
    Gen. James Shields of Illinois.
    Gen. Joseph Lane of Indiana.
    Gen. Thomas Marshall of Kentucky.
    Gen. Caleb Cushing of Massachusetts.
    Gen. Sterling Price of Missouri.
    Col. F. M. Wynkoop of Pennsylvania.
    Col. W. H. Bissell of Illinois.
    Col. Ferris Foreman of Illinois.
    Col. J. P. Weatherford of Illinois.
    Col. J. H. Lane of Indiana.
    Col. J. P. Drake of Indiana.
    Col. G. W. Morgan of Ohio.
    Col. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi.
    Col. J. W. Jackson of Georgia.
    Col. J. R. Coffee of Alabama.
    Col. Marcey Gregg of South Carolina.
    Col. George Wood of Texas.
    Col. John C. Hayes of Texas, (now of California.)
    Col. John W. Tibbats of Kentucky.
    Col. Reuben Davis of Mississippi.
    Col. John S. Roane of Arkansas.
    Col. T. H. Seymour of Connecticut.
    Col. Wm. Trousdale of Tennessee.
    Col. R. E. Temple of New York.
    Col. Ward Burnett of New York.
    Col. R. J. Farquharson of Tennessee.
    Col. E. G. Butler of Louisiana.
    Lt. Col. S. W. Black of Pennsylvania.
    Lt. Col. J. W. Geary of Pennsylvania.
    Lt. Col. J. B. Weller of Ohio.
    Lt. Col. S. P. Anderson of Tennessee.
    Lt. Col. M. L. Bonham of Georgia.
    Lt. Col. W. B. Randolph of Virginia.
    Lt. Col. J. Clemens of Alabama.
    Lt. Col. W. A. Richardson of Illinois.
    Lt. Col. G. W. Hughes of Maryland.
    Lt. Col. W. A. Gorman of Indiana.

    Lt. Col. G. A. Caldwell of Kentucky.
    Lt. Col. A. R. Hadden of Indiana.
    Lt. Col. J. H. Savage of Tennessee.
    Maj. Wm. Brindle of Pennsylvania.
    Maj. F. L. Bowman, of Pennsylvania.
    Maj. Solon Borland of Arkansas.
    Maj. John Forsyth of Georgia.
    Maj. A. H. Gladden of South Carolina.
    Maj. Wm. M'Caniel of Missouri.
    Maj. T. L. Harris of Illinois.
    Maj. J. S. Gittings of Ohio.
    Maj. Wm. H. Polk of Tennessee.
    Maj. R. B. Alexander of Tennessee.
    Maj. C. H. Trail of Illinois.
    Maj. J. C. Breckenridge of Kentucky.
    Maj. M. Hoagland of Ohio.

Source:

Unknown, "Officers who Support Gen. Pierce," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, Saturday, 4 September 1852, p. 2.