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Author Zeh, Frederick, 1823-1902?

Title An immigrant soldier in the Mexican War / by Frederick Zeh ; translated by William J. Orr ; and edited by William J. Orr and Robert Ryal Miller
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 117 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series The Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 13
Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 13.
Contents From Philadelphia to Veracruz -- The siege and surrender of Veracruz -- March inland and the Battle of Cerro Gordo -- Respite in the city of Jalapa -- To Puebla and the Valley of Mexico -- Battles of Contreras and Churubusco -- Molino del Rey, Chapultepec, and Mexico
Summary "Frederick Zeh, a young German immigrant, had hardly arrived in the United States when he was caught up in the war fever that swept his new homeland. He joined the Mountain Howitzer and Rocket Company of the U.S. Army. His impressions of the siege of Veracruz, the long march to Mexico City, the bloody battles that occurred along the route, and the occupation of the capital provide a vivid and unusual account of the Mexican War from an enlisted man's point of view." "Although Zeh held the lowly rank of "laborer" in the army, he was well-educated and an astute observer, and his story is both lively and well-written. Besides the horror of battles, he tells about relations between officers and enlisted men, military punishment, and the day-to-day life of the soldiers. Numerous anecdotes and personal stories enliven his narrative. He is unusually candid about abuses that occurred in the American army and toward Mexican civilians. His is also the first book-length account written by a German-American participant - a significant contribution, given that nearly half the regular army was made up of immigrant recruits."--Jacket
Analysis German Americans Biography
Mexican War, 1846-1848 Participation, German American
Mexican War, 1846-1848 Personal narratives, German American
Zeh, Frederick
Notes Originally published in Der Deutsche Pionier, a German-language periodical in Cincinnati, Ohio
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-109) and index
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Subject Zeh, Frederick, 1823-1902?
SUBJECT Zeh, Frederick, 1823-1902? fast
Subject Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Personal narratives, German American
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Participation, German American
German Americans -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
German Americans
Military participation -- German American
Mexikanischer Krieg
Erlebnisbericht
Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Récits personnels.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Orr, William J.
Miller, Robert Ryal.
ISBN 0585191808
9780585191805