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The Mexican War Correspondence of Richard Smith Elliott (Hardcover, New)
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The Mexican War Correspondence of Richard Smith Elliott (Hardcover, New)
Series: American Exploration and Travel Series
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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 Fe Trail, the
triumphant entry of the army into Santa Fe, the U.S. occupation of
New Mexico, and the volunteers' eventual return to St. Louis. Noted
southwestern scholars Mark L. Gardner and Marc Simmons present
here, for the first time, all of Elliott's letters published in the
Reveille under his nom-de-plume, John Brown, using passages from
his autobiography for the same period to fill in a break resulting
from a few missing letters. Also included are Elliott's literary
sketches, drawn from his Mexican War experiences and the people he
met and served with. The editors' introduction and comprehensive
notes provide insight into Elliott's political, social, and
literary milieu and into the historical background of the people
and places he portrayed. Elliott's correspondence invokes the hopes
and fears of the men, the drudgery and hardship of the long march
to Santa Fe, and the comraderie of the troops. Including details of
the resistance to U.S. occupation, the bloody Taos Revolt, and the
military campaign that crushed the insurgents, Richard Smith
Elliott's writings provide a fascinating firsthand account of the
American Southwest during perhaps its most tumultuous period.
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