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Panting for glory : the Mississippi Rifles in the Mexican War
- 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.
- Subject
- United States. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848) > History
- United States. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1846-1848) > History
- United States. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848)
- United States. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1846-1848)
- Mexican War (1846-1848)
- 1846-1848
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Regimental histories > Mississippi
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Campaigns > Mexico
- Military campaigns
- Regimental histories
- Mexico
- Mississippi
- 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
- OCLC
- ocn933438558
- SCSB-1855125
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library