Panting for glory : the Mississippi Rifles in the Mexican War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Winders, Richard Bruce, 1953- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016]
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 151.
Subjects:	United States. > Army. > Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 1st (1846-1848) > History. United States. > Army. > Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1846-1848) > History. Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Regimental histories > Mississippi. Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Campaigns > Mexico.

Table of Contents:

Preface: Glory
Introduction: Mississippi on the eve of war
Mobilizing Mississippi for war
Off to war
The march to Monterrey
The 1st Mississippi Regiment at Monterrey
Life under the armistice
The Victoria expedition
Glory bound
The 1st Mississippi Rifles at Buena Vista
Homeward bound
The 2nd Mississippi Rifles go to Mexico
Discontented poor fellows
Life in the backwaters of the war
Evaluating the role of the Mississippi volunteers
Appendix 1: The Model 1841 rifle
Appendix 2: County of origin by regiment
Appendix 3: County of origin by regiment population
Appendix 4: The 1st and 2nd Regiments of Mississippi Rifles: comparison of statistics.