A Campaign In New Mexico With Colonel Doniphan
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Author |
: Frank S. Edwards |
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Total Pages |
: 198 |
Release |
: 1847 |
ISBN-10 |
: CHI:48079298 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan by : Frank S. Edwards
Author |
: Frank S. Edwards |
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Total Pages |
: 184 |
Release |
: 1966 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:166622119 |
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: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan by : Frank S. Edwards
Author |
: John Taylor Hughes |
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: Topeka, Kan., The author |
Total Pages |
: 706 |
Release |
: 1907 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105048942317 |
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: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California by : John Taylor Hughes
A soldier's personal account of the Mexican War of 1846-48, experienced as a member of the First Regiment of Missouri Mounted Volunteers, commanded by Col. Alexander Doniphan.
Author |
: Joseph G. Dawson |
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Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: UTEXAS:059173010610884 |
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Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Doniphan's Epic March by : Joseph G. Dawson
In 1846-1847, a ragtag army of 800 American volunteers marched 3,500 miles across deserts and mountains, through Indian territory and into Mexico. There they handed the Mexican army one of its most demoralizing defeats and helped the United States win its first foreign war. Their leader Colonel Alexander Doniphan, also a volunteer, was a "natural soldier" of towering stature who became a national hero in the wake of his wartime exploits. Doniphan was a small-town Missouri lawyer untrained in military matters when he answered President Polk's call for volunteers in the war with Mexico. Working from a host of primary sources, Joseph Dawson focuses on Doniphan's extraordinary leadership and chronicles how the colonel and his 1st Missouri Mounted Regiment helped capture New Mexico and went on to invade Chihuahua. Contending with wildfires, sandstorms, poor provisions, and the threat of attack from Apaches, they eventually came face-to-face with the formidable cannon and cavalry of a much larger Mexican force. Yet, at the Battle of Sacramento, these hardy volunteers outflanked General Jose Heredia's army and claimed a stunning American victory on foreign soil. Dawson explores and analyzes the many facets of Doniphan's exploits, from the decision to proceed to Chihuahua in the wake of the Taos Revolt to the tactics that shaped his victory at Sacramento, describing that battle in heart-stopping detail. He tells how Doniphan's legal expertise enabled him to supervise America's first military government administering a conquered land at Santa Fe and highlights Doniphan's remarkable cooperation with U.S. Army officers at a time when antagonism typified relationships between volunteers and regulars. He also introduces readers to other key personalities of the campaign, from fellow officers Stephen W. Kearny and Meriwether L. Clark to James Kiker, the controversial scout whom Doniphan reluctantly trusted. Dawson's thorough account captures the expansionist mood of America in the mid-nineteenth century and helps us understand how American soldiers were motivated by the idea of Manifest Destiny. His portrait of Doniphan and his troops reinforces the importance of the citizen-soldier in American history and provides a new window on the war that changed forever the hopes and dreams of our border nations.
Author |
: John Taylor Hughes |
Publisher |
: Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0890967954 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780890967959 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Doniphan's Expedition by : John Taylor Hughes
A teacher turned soldier, John T. Hughes like so many other volunteers saw in the outbreak of the Mexican War the possibility for adventure and glory. He joined the First Regiment of Missouri Mounted Volunteers and announced that he planned to write a history of his fighting unit commanded by Col. Alexander Doniphan, who would come to be regarded as among the finest volunteer officers of the war. The result of Hughes's efforts certainly is one of the most colorful personal accounts of the Mexican War ever written. Doniphan's Expedition follows the regiment on its grueling 850-mile march from Fort Leavenworth, present-day Kansas, along the Santa Fe Trail, to invade Mexico. Along the way, Hughes observes and describes in impressive detail the discipline, morale, and effectiveness of the civilian soldiers encountering hardships on the rough plains and deserts. He gives their impressions of Santa Fe and offers valuable insight into the military occupation of that city. As significant cultural history, this account also chronicles the fears and prejudices of the soldiers meeting a seemingly strange people in a strange land. Furthermore, Hughes provides an excellent first-hand account of the two battles of the expedition: the Battle of Brazito and the Battle of Sacramento. First published in 1847, Doniphan's Expedition is now once again made available, with a new foreword by Joseph G. Dawson III, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Mexican War. General readers will find this book to be an enthralling examination of another time and place in U.S. and Mexican military and cultural history. Historians will rediscover a significant contribution to Mexican War literature.
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Total Pages |
: 126 |
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: 1973 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015079924075 |
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: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis Special Bibliography by :
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: US Army Military History Research Collection |
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Total Pages |
: 794 |
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: 1972 |
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: UCBK:C024902335 |
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: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Special Bibliography - US Army Military History Research Collection by : US Army Military History Research Collection
Author |
: Christopher R. Mortenson |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 1159 |
Release |
: 2019-06-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781440863592 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1440863598 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Daily Life of U.S. Soldiers [3 volumes] by : Christopher R. Mortenson
This ground-breaking work explores the lives of average soldiers from the American Revolution through the 21st-century conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. What was life really like for U.S. soldiers during America's wars? Were they conscripted or did they volunteer? What did they eat, wear, believe, think, and do for fun? Most important, how did they deal with the rigors of combat and coming home? This comprehensive book will answer all of those questions and much more, with separate chapters on the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II in Europe, World War II in the Pacific, the Cold War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf War, the Afghanistan War and War on Terror, and the Iraq War. Each chapter includes such topical sections as Conscription and Volunteers, Training, Religion, Pop Culture, Weaponry, Combat, Special Forces, Prisoners of War, Homefront, and Veteran Issues. This work also examines the role of minorities and women in each conflict as well as delves into the disciplinary problems in the military, including alcoholism, drugs, crimes, and desertion. Selected primary sources, bibliographies, and timelines complement the topical sections of each chapter.
Author |
: Clarke, Robert, & Co., Cincinnati, O. |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 324 |
Release |
: 1883 |
ISBN-10 |
: COLUMBIA:CU01429884 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Catalogue of a Valuable Collection of Books and Pamphlets Relaing to America ... by : Clarke, Robert, & Co., Cincinnati, O.
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Total Pages |
: 356 |
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: 1886 |
ISBN-10 |
: NYPL:33433081687646 |
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: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Bibliotheca Americana by :