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Monterrey Is Ours! : The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Dana, 1845-1847 /

""Here we are on the banks of the Nueces in the grand camp of the army of occupation."" So wrote Lt. Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana when in 1845, not many months before the outbreak of the Mexican War, he joined the white-tented encampment of General Zachary Taylor in Texas. And...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferrell, Robert H.
Other Authors: Ferrell, Robert H (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, 1990.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Introduction; A Note on the Editing; 1. On the Nueces; 2. Tedium; 3. The Rio Grande; 4. War; 5. Matamoros; 6. To Reynosa and Camargo; 7. To Monterrey; 8. Monterrey Is Ours; 9. Life in Monterrey; 10. The Long March; Photo Section; 11. Tampico; 12. Veracruz; 13. Cerro Gordo; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.