Mexican War, 1846-1848
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Vactor T. Harden letter
Collection — Folder S0586
Identifier: S0586
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of a February 8, 1848 letter written by Vactor T. Harden to Dr. John H. Quick at Cedar Grove, Franklin County, Indiana. The letter is written from Camp Molino del Rey during the Mexican-American War and Harden mentions that "James is well also John Towner and all of the Franklin boys" and mentions guard duty at a hospital and that a few soldiers had been killed.
Dates:
1848/02/08
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Vactor T. Harden letter
William B. Kelly discharge papers
Collection — Folder S1909
Identifier: S1909
Scope and Contents
This collection includes several items regarding William B. Kelly's service in the Mexican-American War: a certificate of disability and discharge, dated August 8, 1846 and signed by Captain Stanislaus Lasselle and Col. James P. Drake and with stamps by the U.S. Pension Office dated December 13, 1913; a handwritten list of names of the men in his regiment; and a handwritten copy (written in pencil on the back page of the regiment list) of an August 9, 1846 letter signed by Col. Drake granting a...
Dates:
1846-1979
William R. Haddon collection
Collection — Folder S0561
Identifier: S0561
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a typed copy of a letter which William R. Haddon wrote, on July 4, 1853, to Col. Davis. The letter is a response to some unfavorable communications he had received regarding the actions of the 2nd Indiana Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, during the Battle of Buena Vista. He discusses the reasons and orders for retreat, actions of Gen. Lane, Major Cravens, Moberly, Major Dicks, Col. Bowles, Lieut, Kunkle, Maj. Bradford, and [Leut] Robinson. He praised the courage and...
Dates:
1853/07/04
William T. Spicely letter
Collection — Folder S1680
Identifier: S1680
Scope and Contents
The collection includes an original handwritten 2-page letter written on July 29, 1846 from Lt. William S. Spicely, 2nd Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, Fort Isabel, Texas. The letter is addressed to Mary J. Worrell, Orleans, Orange County, Indiana. In the letter Lt. Spicely expresses warm sentiment to friends of Orleans, from the "sandy desert". Names addressed in the letter include Amilia Webb, Eliza Busick, Aunt Jane Worrell, Mary Riley, Bill Riley, Preston, Mary Worrell, Rachel Glenn, and...
Dates:
1846/07/29
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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William T. Spicely letter
