Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican WarTexas A&M University Press, 1997 - 284 páginas Drawing on numerous diaries, journals, and reminiscences, Richard Bruce Winders presents the daily life of soldiers at war; links the army to the society that produced it; shares his impressions of the soldiers he "met" along the way; and concludes that American participants in the Mexican War shared a common experience, no matter their rank or place of service. Taking a "new" military history approach, Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War examines the cultural, social, and political aspects of the regular and volunteer forces that made up the army of 1846-48, presents the organizational framework of the army, and introduces the different styles of leadership exhibited by Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. |
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... command of the 8th U.S. Infantry as colonel on July 7 , 1838. Newman S. Clarke , who acted as brigade major to one of the brigade commanders under Scott , was the lieutenant colonel of the 6th U.S. Infantry when the hostilities between ...
... command of the 8th U.S. Infantry as colonel on July 7 , 1838. Newman S. Clarke , who acted as brigade major to one of the brigade commanders under Scott , was the lieutenant colonel of the 6th U.S. Infantry when the hostilities between ...
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... command in central Mexico , thought the general " wholly incompetent & the most vain & empty headed man " he ever knew . He charged that “ Gen. B [ utler ] was playing Billiards in Jalapa . . . while his men were starving . " Another ...
... command in central Mexico , thought the general " wholly incompetent & the most vain & empty headed man " he ever knew . He charged that “ Gen. B [ utler ] was playing Billiards in Jalapa . . . while his men were starving . " Another ...
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... command LOAD , the piece was brought to the right side , balanced in the left hand with the barrel sloped forward . The right thumb was placed on the frizzen that covered the pan designed to hold the priming powder . When ordered to ...
... command LOAD , the piece was brought to the right side , balanced in the left hand with the barrel sloped forward . The right thumb was placed on the frizzen that covered the pan designed to hold the priming powder . When ordered to ...
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Jacksonians at War | 3 |
The American Military Establishment | 15 |
Mr Polks Generals | 32 |
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12 months 6th U.S. Infantry American Star Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Trussell appointed Battalion battle Battle of Monterey Brackett camp Campaign Capt captain central Mexico Chile Con Carne command Compton Smith Cruz Democratic Department dragoons duty Engelman enlisted Furber George Gibson Giddings History House Indiana Isaac Bowen James Journal of Kirkham July Lane's Brigade Lew Wallace Matamoros McGroarty Mexican War Diary Mexican War Journal Mexican War Letters Mexico City military militia Monterey Mormon Battalion Mounted musket Ordnance Manual Oswandel party Peskin political Polk Polk's president Private Puebla Quartermaster rank regiment Regulations Richardson's Journal Robert Ryal Miller Saltillo Santa Fe Scribner SCUTA Second Illinois sergeant Surgeon sword Taylor Tennery Texas troops Twelve Month Volunteer U.S. Army U.S. Artillery U.S. Congress U.S. Infantry U.S. War Dept United Vera Cruz volunteer officers West Point Whigs William Winfield Scott wounded wrote York Zachary Taylor