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1 online resource (xvii, 307 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index. |
| Summary |
Colonel Samuel Ryan Curtis, engineer, lawyer, and graduate of West Point, arrived in Mexico in July of 1846 as commander of the 3rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment to find a volatile and chaotic situation in occupied towns along the Rio Grande. American civilians of the lowest sort - men and women - mingled with Mexican townspeople, robbing, murdering, and raping. Neither civil nor military law made provisions for governing municipalities under such conditions. Nor was the U.S. military prepared for a struggle against Mexican guerrilla forces and desperate bandits. Colonel Curtis was a diary keeper, and this record of his experiences in Mexico gives a clear picture of his efforts to restore and maintain order under nearly impossible conditions: of death and suffering in his regiment from disease, not fighting, and of the tedium of army camp life. A reflective man as well as an educated one, Curtis was a keen observer. He documented social and economic circumstances, flora and fauna, and the weather, even as he chronicled political conditions and martial unrest. The resulting diary is a major contribution to studies of the Mexican War. |
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| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866 -- Diaries.
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Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866. |
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Diaries.
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United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1846-1847)
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United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1846-1847) |
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Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866. |
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United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1846-1847) |
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Mexican War (1846-1848) |
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Personal narratives -- American.
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Campaigns -- Mexico.
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Soldiers -- Ohio -- Diaries.
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Soldiers. |
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Ohio. |
| Chronological Term |
1846-1848 |
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Diaries.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
Chance, Joseph E., 1940-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866. Mexico under fire. Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, ©1994 0875651275 (DLC) 94005666 (OCoLC)29877196 |
| ISBN |
0585361185 (electronic book) |
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9780585361185 (electronic book) |
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0875651275 |
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9780875651279 |
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