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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b5847473.
- catalog contributor b5847474.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-295) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 307 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mexico under fire.".
- catalog identifier "0875651275".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mexico under fire.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Fort Worth : Texas Christian University Press,".
- catalog relation "Mexico under fire.".
- catalog spatial "Mexico.".
- catalog spatial "Ohio".
- catalog subject "973.6/2 20".
- catalog subject "Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866 Diaries.".
- catalog subject "E411 .C87 1994".
- catalog subject "Mexican War, 1846-1848 Campaigns Mexico.".
- catalog subject "Mexican War, 1846-1848 Personal narratives, American.".
- catalog subject "Soldiers Ohio Diaries.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1846-1847)".
- catalog title "Mexico under fire : being the diary of Samuel Ryan Curtis, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment, during the American military occupation of northern Mexico, 1846-1847 / edited and annotated by Joseph E. Chance.".
- catalog type "Diaries. fast".
- catalog type "Personal narratives American. fast".
- catalog type "text".