The Mexican War Correspondence of Richard Smith Elliott: Volume 76

by Richard Smith Elliott

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806129514
• ISBN13: 9780806129518
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.8"