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Condensed History of the Mexican War and Its Glorious Results

Chapter 1: ERRATA.
By Daniel E. Hungerford
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A concise narrative of the U.S.-Mexico conflict that blends political context, military overview, and veterans' reminiscences. It explains the territorial dispute that precipitated hostilities, recounts border skirmishes and early engagements, and summarizes principal campaigns, sieges, and coastal operations. Enrollment lists and force compositions for volunteer and regular units are provided alongside casualty and logistical notes. Firsthand recollections and ceremonial addresses punctuate the historical outline, offering personal impressions of combat, morale, and memory. The work concludes with reflections on the war's outcomes and descriptions of key fortifications and coastal defenses encountered during the campaigns.

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Title: Condensed History of the Mexican War and Its Glorious Results

Compiler: John E. Cowan

Author: Daniel E. Hungerford

William McKay

Charles J. Murphy

Release date: March 27, 2022 [eBook #67722]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: John E. Cowan, 1902

Credits: The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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ERRATA.

Since the printing of this book it has come to my knowledge that comrade James C. Carleton, secretary of the National Association of Mexican War Veterans of Bedford, Indiana, under-ranks me in age 14 days. He was born on the 17th of June, 1832, while I saw the light first on the 3rd of June of the same year. This knocks the conceit out of me as to being the youngest veteran of the Mexican War, and I take my hat off to my dear young comrade Carleton, late of the 5th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Colonel Lane, and I am relegated to a back seat.

I hope my dear comrade will live to see his 100th birthday, and that he may never die till I kill him, and when he is called away at the last tattoo, may every hair of his head be converted into an electric light to illumine his march to glory.