The Ralph Wilson Kirkham Papers

Résumé du livre

General description of collection: officer's journal and letters; detailed account of period spent in Mexico including countryside, cities, people, and customs; threat of guerrillas and bandits during march on Mexico City; army life and discipline of the period; battles fought during Campaign-Contreras; El Molino Del Ray, Churubusco, San Cosme, and the storming of Chapultepec.