Mexico Under Fire, Being the Diary of Samuel Ryan Curtis, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment, During the American Military Occupation of Northern Mexico, 184 Hardcover - 1994
by Joseph E. Chance (Editor)
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THE Declaration of War against the Republic of Mexico, approved by Congress on May 13, 1846, found the United States army unprepared to wage a "war of conquest."
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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.
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- Title Mexico Under Fire, Being the Diary of Samuel Ryan Curtis, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment, During the American Military Occupation of Northern Mexico, 184
- Author Joseph E. Chance (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition; F
- Pages 308
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Texas Christian University Press, Fort Worth
- Date July 1994
- ISBN 9780875651279 / 0875651275
- Weight 1.46 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 9.29 x 6.32 x 1.19 in (23.60 x 16.05 x 3.02 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: Midwest
- Geographic Orientation: Ohio
- Library of Congress subjects United States, Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Personal
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94005666
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.62
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