when periods went off to the mexican war in 1847, he raised a 1,000 troopsz, made him a general. they all went down to now port rhode island and bordered sailing vessels to go out to mexico. they spent about a month on the ocean. the winds died down and they were calm. they finally made it to veracruz where he fought in a couple of the battles there. and then they returned back to concord after that. when pierce came back, he sold the house and they never owned anything after that. they either rented property or they stayed in boarding houses from that point on. in 1852, the democrats were meeting down in baltimore, there were three men that were vying for the nomination, and they couldn't seem to make a decision. virginia on the 35th ballot, nominated franklin pierce, and then on the 49th ballot they actually selected had imto be the nominee for the democratic party. jane and franklin pierce were riding in a carriage south of boston, when the messenger caught up with them to give them the news and jane promptedly fainted. that was ts last thing she wanted. she was very upset to