the Saint Patrick's Battalion in the U.S.-Mexican War /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Robert Ryal Miller.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Norman :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Oklahoma Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c1989.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 232 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
22 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Includes index.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Bibliography: p. 213-224.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Bloodshed on the Rio Grande -- Organizing the San Patricios -- Fighting under the shamrock flag -- The place of the war god -- Trials and punishment -- In and out of prison -- The postwar battalion -- Why they defected -- Myths and realities.
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CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mexico.-- History.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Defectors-- Mexico-- History-- 19th century.
Defectors-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Mexican War, 1846-1848-- Desertions.
Mexican War, 1846-1848-- Regimental histories-- Mexico.