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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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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