Panting for glory [electronic resource] :the Mississippi Rifles in the Mexican War / Richard Bruce Winders.
By: Winders, Richard Bruce [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
Material type: BookSeries: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series: no. 151.; UPCC book collections on Project MUSE: Publisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016] 2015)Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (pages cm.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781623494179; 1623494176.Subject(s): United States. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1846-1848) -- History | United States. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848) -- History | Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Campaigns -- Mexico | Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Regimental histories -- MississippiGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 973.6/2 Online resources: Full text available:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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