The Mexican War Correspondence of Richard Smith Elliott: Volume 76 Hardcover - 1997
by Richard Smith Elliott; Mark L. Gardner (Editor); Marc Simmons (Editor)
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When General Stephen Watts Kearny's Army of the West marched into Santa Fe, New Mexico, on August 18, 1846, Richard Smith Elliott, a young Missouri volunteer, was included in its ranks. In addition to Lieutenant Elliott's duties in the Laclede Rangers, he served as a regular correspondent to the St. Louis Reveille. An entertaining and educated observer, Elliott provided readers back home with an account of the grueling march over the famous Santa Fe Trail, the triumphant entry of the army into Santa Fe, the U.S. occupation of New Mexico, and the volunteers' eventual return to St. Louis. Noted southwestern scholars Mark L. Gardner and Marc Simmons present here, for the first time, all of Elliott's letters published in the Reveille under his nom-de-plume, John Brown, using passages from his autobiography for the same period to fill in a break resulting from a few missing letters. Also included are Elliott's literary sketches, drawn from his Mexican War experiences and the people he met and served with. The editors' introduction and comprehensive notes provide insight into Elliott's political, social, and literary milieu and into the historical background of the people and places he portrayed. Elliott's correspondence invokes the hopes and fears of the men, the drudgery and hardship of the long march to Santa Fe, and the comraderie of the troops. Including details of the resistance to U.S. occupation, the bloody Taos Revolt, and the military campaign that crushed the insurgents, Richard Smith Elliott's writings provide a fascinating firsthand account of the American Southwest during perhaps its most tumultuous period.
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- Title The Mexican War Correspondence of Richard Smith Elliott: Volume 76
- Author Richard Smith Elliott; Mark L. Gardner (Editor); Marc Simmons (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 306
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Oklahoma Press, Norman
- Date 1997-09-15
- ISBN 9780806129518 / 0806129514
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 8.84 x 5.83 x 1.06 in (22.45 x 14.81 x 2.69 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: Midwest
- Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Missouri
- Geographic Orientation: New Mexico
- Library of Congress subjects New Mexico - History - To 1848, Mexican War, 1846-1848 - Personal
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97001027
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.62
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