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In a letter dated August 7, 1847, from Pueblo, Mexico, to James W. Breedlove in New Orleans, La., Major General Gideon J. Pillow, brigade and division commander in the Mexican War, defends himself against political attacks by Whigs.

Overview This collection consists of John Crockett's bound, handwritten diary from his time in the Mexican-American War. Crockett's diary entries begin on June 10, 1846, the date Crockett mustered into the U.S. Army Cavalry by General Brazelton in Knoxville. His unit then marched through Tennessee to Memphis, took the steamboat “Sea Bird" to New Orleans, then traveled on to Galveston, Texas, marching through Corpus Christi to Brownsville and then Matamoros, Mexico. After marching to Victoria, Mexico...

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A member of Captain Caswell's company, the Second Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, kept this handwritten journal between April 9 and May 4, 1847 while the unit was stationed in Mexico during the Mexican-American War. In it, the author describes their participation in the Battle of Cerro Gordo. Also included is a muster roll for the company dated March 4, 1847.

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In this diary, W. G. McAdoo describes his service in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), including his company's participation in the invasion of Mexico's eastern coast, the Mexican landscape, his encounters with the local population, troop movements, and the Battle of Vera Cruz (March 1847). This manuscript is a bound typescript of the original document.

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Two versions of William Gibbs McAdoo's diary documenting his life from 1846 to 1894. McAdoo wrote this diary and series of letters during the Mexican War, Civil War, and through his later years until 1894. Volume 1 is the draft version of the compilation of these extracts and Volume 2 is the final version.

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In this autobiographical sketch, William Jay Smith describes his military career and ends with his election to the Tennessee Senate in 1867.