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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative | 35 | 1 | Browse | Search |
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant | 22 | 4 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 16 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: April 5, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 14 | 0 | Browse | Search |
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . | 12 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) | 12 | 2 | Browse | Search |
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) | 12 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: April 10, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) | 10 | 0 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: April 8, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 10 | 2 | Browse | Search |
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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The Mexican war-the battle of Palo Alto -the battle of Resaca de la Palma -Army of invasion - General Taylor -movement on Camargo (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Advance on Monterey-the Black Fort-the battle of Monterey -surrender of the City (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Advance on the City of Mexico -battle of Contreras -assault at Churubusco-negotiations for peace-battle of Molino del Rey-storming of Chapultepec -San Cosme -evacuation of the City -Halls of the Montezumas (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Promotion to first Lieutenant-capture of the City of Mexico -the Army-Mexican soldiers- peace negotiations (search)
Promotion to first Lieutenant-capture of the City of Mexico-the Army-Mexican soldiers- peace negotiations
On entering the city the troops were fired upon by the released convicts, and possibly by deserters and hostile citizens.
The streets were deserted, and the place presented the appearance of a city of the dead, except for this firing by unseen persons from house-tops, windows, and around corners.
In this firing the lieutenant-colonel of my regiment, Garland, was badly wounded, Lieutenant Sidney Smith, of the 4th infantry, was also wounded mortally.
He died a few days after, and by his death I was promoted to the grade of first lieutenant.1 I had gone into the battle of Palo Alto in May, 1846, a second lieutenant, and I entered the city of Mexico sixteen months later with the same rank, after having been in all the engagements possible for any one man and in a regiment that lost more officers during the war than it ever had present at any one engagement.
My regiment lost