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Desperate stand : the Battle of Buena Vista /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carney, Stephen A.
Corporate Author: Center of Military History
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Army Center of Military History, [2008]
Series:U.S. Army campaigns of the Mexican War.
CMH pub ; 73-4.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > History.
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Campaigns > Mexico.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo10551
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The American and Mexican militaries in the mid-nineteenth century
  • Strategic setting
  • Operations
  • Buena Vista: the battle begins, 22 February 1847
  • Buena Vista: second day, early morning, 23 February 1847
  • Buena Vista: second day, late morning, 23 February 1847
  • Buena Vista: second day, the final attack, 23 February 1847
  • War ends in the north
  • Analysis.