Download or read book Desperate Stand The Battle of Buena Vista written by Stephen A. Carney and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CMH Pub 73-4. U.S. Army Campaigns of the Mexican War. Prepared by Stephen A. Carney. Discusses the Battle of Buena Vista which occurred during the Mexican-American War in 1847. Desperate Stand: The Battle of Buena Vista is the fourth in a series about the Mexican War, which was the U.S. Army's first experience waging an extended conflict in a foreign land. This brief war is often overlooked by casual students of history since it occurred so close to the American Civil War and is overshadowed by the latter's sheer size and scope. Yet, the Mexican War was instrumental in shaping the geographical boundaries of the United States. At the conclusion of this conflict, the U.S. had added some one million square miles of territory. The Mexican War still has much to teach us about projecting force, conducting operations in hostile territory with a small force that is dwarfed by the local population, urban combat, the difficulties of occupation, and the courage and perseverance of individual soldiers. This is one of eight pamphlets by Stephen A. Carney planned to provide an accessible and readable account of the U.S. Army's role and achievements in the conflict.
Download or read book Desperate Stand written by Stephen Carney, and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desperate Stand - The Battle of Buena Vista is a short booklet by the US Army Center for Military History about the Mexican War. This book is one of a series which explores battles of that war. Being a US government publication, it is in the public domain. Uploaded revised version 11-7 - fix picture
Download or read book Desperate Stand written by Center of Center of Military History United States Army and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mexican War (1846-1848) was the U.S. Army's first experience waging an extended conflict in a foreign land. This brief war is often overlooked by casual students of history since it occurred so close to the American Civil War and is overshadowed by the latter's sheer size and scope. Yet, the Mexican War was instrumental in shaping the geographical boundaries of the United States. At the conclusion of this conflict, the U.S. had added some one million square miles of territory, including what today are the states of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California, as well as portions of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada. This newly acquired land also became a battleground between advocates for the expansion of slavery and those who fought to prevent its spread. These sectional and political differences ripped the fabric of the union of states and eventually contributed to the start of the American Civil War, just thir-teen years later. In addition, the Mexican War was a proving ground for a generation of U.S. Army leaders who as junior officers in Mexico learned the trade of war and later applied those lessons to the Civil War. The Mexican War lasted some twenty-six months from its first engagement through the withdrawal of American troops. Fighting took place over thousands of miles, from northern Mexico to Mexico City, and across New Mexico and California. During the conflict, the U.S. Army won a series of decisive conventional battles, all of which highlighted the value of U.S. Military Academy graduates who time and again paved the way for American victories. The Mexican War still has much to teach us about projecting force, conducting operations in hostile territory with a small force that is dwarfed by the local population, urban combat, the difficulties of occupation, and the courage and perseverance of individual soldiers. The following essay is one of eight planned in this series to provide an accessible and readable account of the U.S. Army's role and achievements in the conflict.
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Download or read book THE BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA With The Operations Of The Army Of Occupation For One Month written by James Henry Carleton and published by Naval & Military Press. This book was released on 2024-08-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the best account by a participant of the Battle of Buena Vista, the largest battle fought during the Mexican-American War of 1846-48.
Download or read book The Battle of Buena Vista the Operations Army of Occupation for One Month Classic Reprint written by James Henry Carleton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Battle of Buena Vista, the Operations Army of Occupation, for One Month IT is due to those who are immediately interested in the accuracy of the following account, as well as to the historian who may hereafter consult it, to state what were the opportunities of the writer for knowing the truth. For two months before the battle of Eu ena Vista, he was stationed at or near the ground on which it was fought; and, dur ing this time, he was led, with others, to remark its strength as a military position. In the battle itself, the nature of the service he was called on to perform as com mander of a company of dragoons, afforded opportunities of deliberate observation in many different parts of the scene, and eu abled him sometimes to take notes of what was going on around him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Letter with Eyewitness Account of Battle of Buena Vista During Mexican War written by D.W. Daily and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letter from an American soldier, written from the American army camp at Buena Vista, Coahuila, Mexico, addressed to his father in Charlestown, Indiana. Includes an eyewitness account of the Battle of Buena Vista, detailing the engagement of February 22-23, 1847. Daily describes the movements of the 2nd and 3rd Indiana Volunteer Regiments, and also names deserters from the field. "On the 22nd we marched on a little knoll in order to guard the pass the 2nd Regiment were stationed on the field of battle ready for action next morning...You will also hear the 2nd regiment accused of cowardice and of running but I tell you that are just as many good men in the 2nd as in the 3rd...The first thing we knowed there came a twelve pound ball whistling along which made us hug the ground mighty close." After letting the Mexican army advance to within thirty paces, he writes, "we tumbled about 30 of them and wounded a great many of them. They killed no one of our regiment that charge." On the deserters: "There was 5 boys in our company run and there has been several letters written home stating that several boys in our company run and not giving their names for fear of some innocent one being accused. I will give their names..."
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of the Mexican American War 3 volumes written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 1159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This user-friendly encyclopedia comprises a wide array of accessible yet detailed entries that address the military, social, political, cultural, and economic aspects of the Mexican-American War. The Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War: A Political, Social, and Military History provides an in-depth examination of not only the military conflict itself, but also the impact of the war on both nations; and how this conflict was the first waged by Americans on foreign soil and served to establish critical U.S. military, political, and foreign policy precedents. The entries analyze the Mexican-American War from both the American and Mexican perspectives, in equal measure. In addition to discussing the various campaigns, battles, weapons systems, and other aspects of military history, the three-volume work also contextualizes the conflict within its social, cultural, political, and economic milieu, and places the Mexican-American War into its proper historical and historiographical contexts by covering the eras both before and after the war. This information is particularly critical for students of American history because the conflict fomented sectional conflict in the United States, which resulted in the U.S. Civil War.
Download or read book La marcha f nebre written by Peter Guardino and published by Grano de Sal. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La marcha fúnebre puede haberse oído unas 13 mil veces por las bajas entre las tropas invasoras y quizás incluso el doble por los muertos del país derrotado: así de mortífero fue el conflicto que enfrentó a Estados Unidos con México entre 1846 y 1848. Caídos en acción o víctimas del hambre, la sed o diversas enfermedades, esos soldados formaban parte de ejércitos variopintos en los que convivían los combatientes voluntarios con los profesionales, oficiales de élite con pobres diablos que no imaginaban más futuro que alistarse para escapar a la miseria, e incluso guerrilleros que de forma espontánea enfrentaron al enemigo; por si fuera poco, también miles de civiles mexicanos fueron ultimados, ora por el fuego de los combates, ora por la falta de comida. Peter Guardino traza en esta obra la historia social y no sólo política de una guerra que marcó para siempre la relación entre estos dos países norteamericanos. Su detallado análisis —en el que hay una constante mirada a los aspectos de género, raza y religión— permite confrontar la arraigada creencia de que México fue derrotado porque su población carecía de un firme sentimiento nacional y postular que las principales explicaciones del desenlace fueron el expansionismo estadounidense y la disparidad económica de los contendientes. Este nuevo acercamiento al traumático choque de México con su entonces muy admirado vecino del norte sin duda revitalizará la comprensión de un momento clave de nuestra historia.
Download or read book U S Marines In Battle An Najaf August 2004 Illustrated Edition written by Francis X. Kozlowski and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes 3 maps and 35 illustrations. The city of an-Najaf, Iraq, is a provincial and market center located on the western branch of the Euphrates River approximately 100 miles south of Baghdad....This is a “battle study” written purposely from the perspective of the Marines, soldiers, and sailors who fought at an-Najaf in Aug. 2004...The Americans deployed to al-Anbar and an-Najaf Provinces, faced a variety of threats as Iraq attempted to again govern itself. Threats were from disparate sources, including Sunni fighters in Fallujah and Shi’a fighters in Najaf. This complexity of threats did not lend itself to easy solutions. In March 2004, Lieutenant General James T. Conway’s I Marine Expeditionary Force was faced with an outbreak of Sunni insurgency in Fallujah. At the same time, a Shi’a uprising took place across Iraq, including Baghdad, Najaf, an-Nasiriyah, al-Kut, al-Amarah, and Kirkuk. The fighting spread to Karbala, Hillah, and Basrah with attacks on Iraqi and Coalition outposts. This fighting dropped off in June with the establishment of the Iraqi Interim Government of Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, but the menace of further violence remained. The Multi-National Force-Iraq, under General George W. Casey Jr., USA, felt that before the Iraqis could be responsible for security in each province, the centers of violence had to be dealt with by a “clear-hold-build” approach. Baghdad, Fallujah, and Najaf were thus targeted. When Muqtada al-Sadr fomented another uprising in Aug., the recently arrived 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit found itself assigned to quell the uprising in Najaf. It would be reinforced for this effort by two U.S. Army and four Iraqi Army battalions. The narrative that follows documents this effort from the small unit level. The importance of the close relationship between political and military force is emphasized. The intent is to provide a view of combat for the education and training of Marines who might face similar circumstances.
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Download or read book Gettysburg s Lost Love Story The Ill Fated Romance of General John Reynolds and Kate Hewitt written by Jeffrey J. Harding and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Union general John Reynolds was one of the most beloved and respected military leaders of the Civil War, yet beyond the battlefield, the captivating true story of his secret romance with Catherine "Kate" Mary Hewitt remains etched into his legacy. Clandestinely engaged before John marched off to war, the couple's love remained a secret. Kate made a poignant "last promise," a commitment to enter into a religious life if her beloved were to be killed. Tragically, Reynolds lost his life leading troops into action during the opening phases of the Battle of Gettysburg. Within days Kate was embraced by the Reynolds family and soon began to honor her promise of a religious life. Yet a few years later she seemed to disappear. Author Jeffrey J. Harding unveils new findings on Kate's life before and after John's death as he recounts Gettysburg's saga of star-crossed love.
Download or read book The Ranger Ideal Volume 1 written by Darren L. Ivey and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in Waco in 1968, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum honors the iconic Texas Rangers, a service which has existed, in one form or another, since 1823. They have become legendary symbols of Texas and the American West. Thirty-one Rangers, with lives spanning more than two centuries, have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame. In The Ranger Ideal Volume 1: Texas Rangers in the Hall of Fame, 1823-1861, Darren L. Ivey presents capsule biographies of the seven inductees who served Texas before the Civil War. He begins with Stephen F. Austin, “the Father of Texas,” who laid the foundations of the Ranger service, and then covers John C. Hays, Ben McCulloch, Samuel H. Walker, William A. A. “Bigfoot” Wallace, John S. Ford, and Lawrence Sul Ross. Using primary records and reliable secondary sources, and rejecting apocryphal tales, The Ranger Ideal presents the true stories of these intrepid men who fought to tame a land with gallantry, grit, and guns. This Volume 1 is the first of a planned three-volume series covering all of the Texas Rangers inducted in the Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas.
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