Autobiography of an English soldier in the United States armyComprising observations and adventures in the States and Mexico . at. UNITE}} STATES i,RMT. srhi\(;):i{ a iownskm), .m:\\ voiiw AUTOBIOGRAPHY ENGLISH SOLDIER UNITED STATES ARMY. COMPRISING. OBSERVATIONS AND ADVENTURES STATES AND MEXICO. George B^-^ NEW YORK:STRINGER &, TOWNSEND, 222 BROADWAY. 1854. B35 Boteieil •eeordiai to Ad at Coagreu, in th« year 18S3, Bt StsIVGCK AMD ToWKSKKn, fa tkt CWik^t OtBoe o( Ow District Court of the Dotted St^es for tke Sotdkeru Diitriet of K«ir Yaik. J^mnuo |uljlis|ns §xtUtt, During tlie discussion in t
Autobiography of an English soldier in the United States armyComprising observations and adventures in the States and Mexico . at. UNITE}} STATES i,RMT. srhi\(;):i{ a iownskm), .m:\\ voiiw AUTOBIOGRAPHY ENGLISH SOLDIER UNITED STATES ARMY. COMPRISING. OBSERVATIONS AND ADVENTURES STATES AND MEXICO. George B^-^ NEW YORK:STRINGER &, TOWNSEND, 222 BROADWAY. 1854. B35 Boteieil •eeordiai to Ad at Coagreu, in th« year 18S3, Bt StsIVGCK AMD ToWKSKKn, fa tkt CWik^t OtBoe o( Ow District Court of the Dotted St^es for tke Sotdkeru Diitriet of K«ir Yaik. J^mnuo |uljlis|ns §xtUtt, During tlie discussion in the Senate of the UnitedStates, upon the bill to confer additional militaryrank upon General Winfield Scott, in acknowledg-ment of his great services to his country, GeneralShields remarked that no worthy history of theMexican war had yet been written. The truth ofthe observation was everywhere felt. What hashitherto appeared on the subject, beyond the officialdespatches, has more resembled romance than his-tory, being in the main confined to dashing narra-tives of the personal adventures of roving or belli-gerent Ho
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