Research Catalog

Title

Panting for glory : the Mississippi Rifles in the Mexican War / Richard Bruce Winders.

Author

Winders, Richard Bruce, 1953-

Publication

• College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Description

x, 192 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; number 151

Uniform Title

Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 151.

Subjects

• United States > Army > Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848)
• Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Campaigns > Mexico
• Mexican War (1846-1848)
• Regimental histories
• Mississippi
• Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Regimental histories > Mississippi
• United States > Army > Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848) > History
• History
• Military campaigns
• United States > Army > Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1846-1848) > History
• 1846-1848
• Mexico

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-179) and index.

Contents

Preface: Glory -- Introduction: Mississippi on the eve of war -- Mobilizing Mississippi for war -- Off to war -- The march to Monterrey -- The 1st Mississippi Regiment at Monterrey -- Life under the armistice -- The Victoria expedition -- Glory bound -- The 1st Mississippi Rifles at Buena Vista -- Homeward bound -- The 2nd Mississippi Rifles go to Mexico -- Discontented poor fellows -- Life in the backwaters of the war -- Evaluating the role of the Mississippi volunteers -- Appendix 1: The Model 1841 rifle -- Appendix 2: County of origin by regiment -- Appendix 3: County of origin by regiment population -- Appendix 4: The 1st and 2nd Regiments of Mississippi Rifles: comparison of statistics.

ISBN

• 9781623494162
• 1623494168
• 9781623494179 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2016004930

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library