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1 online resource (xiii, 378 pages) : illustrations, map |
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The drums beat, we are ordered on board -- Bright muskets and bayonets flashing in the sun -- A blundering mistake was made -- The sleep that knows no waking -- You can't fool these Yankees, they are too sharp -- Let them come! Let them come! -- We know no surrender! -- On to Mexico City -- Adventures around the capital -- The morning peace is again in our quarters -- We are coming home -- One mass of people, cheering |
| Summary |
In December 1846, John Jacob Oswandel - or Jake as he was often called - enlisted in the Monroe Guards, which later became Company C of the First Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment. Thus began a twenty-month journey that led Oswandel from rural Pennsylvania through the American South, onward to the siege of Veracruz, and finally deep into the heart of Mexico. Waging war with Mexico ultimately realized President James K. Polk's long-term goal of westward expansion all the way to the Pacific Ocean. For General Winfield Scott, the victorious Mexico City campaign would prove his crownin |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Oswandel, J. Jacob.
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Oswandel, J. Jacob
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Oswandel, J. Jacob fast |
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United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848)
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848) fast |
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Personal narratives, American
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Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Regimental histories
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HISTORY -- General.
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Regimental histories
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Soldiers
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United States
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Personal narratives
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Biographies
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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Récits personnels.
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Biographies.
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dissertations.
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Electronic book
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Johnson, Timothy D., 1957-
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Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs, Jr., 1930-2012.
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Oswandel, J. Jacob.
Notes of the Mexican War, 1846-47-48
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| LC no. |
2009039646 |
| ISBN |
9781572337107 |
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1572337109 |
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1283098474 |
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9781283098472 |
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9786613098474 |
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6613098477 |
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