Mexico under fire : being the diary of Samuel Ryan Curtis, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment, during the American military occupation of northern Mexico, 1846-1847 /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866
Otros Autores: Chance, Joseph E., 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Curtis, Samuel Ryan, > 1805-1866 > Diaries.
Curtis, Samuel Ryan, > 1805-1866
United States. > Army. > Ohio Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1846-1847)
1846-1848
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Personal narratives, American.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Campaigns > Mexico.
Soldiers > Ohio > Diaries.
Guerre du Mexique, 1846-1848 > Campagnes et batailles > Mexique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Military campaigns
Soldiers
Mexico
Ohio
Autobiography
Diary
Personal Narrative
diaries.
autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Diaries
Personal narratives > American
Autobiographies.
Diaries.
Personal narratives.
Journaux intimes.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 307 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index.
ISBN:0585361185
9780585361185

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