Curtis, Samuel Ryan,  1805-1866. <br/><br/>
Mexico under fire :  being the diary of Samuel Ryan Curtis, 3rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment, during the American military occupation of northern Mexico, 1846-1847 / 
edited and annotated by Joseph E. Chance. 
 - Fort Worth :  Texas Christian University Press,  �1994. 
 - 1 online resource (xvii, 307 pages) :  illustrations, maps 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-295) and index. 
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<br/><br/> Colonel Samuel Ryan Curtis, engineer, lawyer, and graduate of West Point, arrived in Mexico in July of 1846 as commander of the 3rd Ohio Volunteer Regiment to find a volatile and chaotic situation in occupied towns along the Rio Grande. American civilians of the lowest sort - men and women - mingled with Mexican townspeople, robbing, murdering, and raping. Neither civil nor military law made provisions for governing municipalities under such conditions. Nor was the U.S. military prepared for a struggle against Mexican guerrilla forces and desperate bandits. Colonel Curtis was a diary keeper, and this record of his experiences in Mexico gives a clear picture of his efforts to restore and maintain order under nearly impossible conditions: of death and suffering in his regiment from disease, not fighting, and of the tedium of army camp life. A reflective man as well as an educated one, Curtis was a keen observer. He documented social and economic circumstances, flora and fauna, and the weather, even as he chronicled political conditions and martial unrest. The resulting diary is a major contribution to studies of the Mexican War. 
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<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0585361185 9780585361185 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94005666  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866 --Diaries.<br/>Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army.  Ohio Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1846-1847) <br/>United States. Army.  Ohio Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1846-1847) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1846-1848 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mexican War, 1846-1848--Personal narratives, American.<br/>Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico.<br/>Soldiers--Ohio--Diaries.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.<br/>HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States<br/>Military campaigns.<br/>Soldiers.<br/>United States - General.<br/>Regions & Countries - Americas.<br/>History & Archaeology.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mexico.<br/>Ohio.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Diaries.<br/>Personal narratives--American.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E411  / .C87 1994eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.6/2