Patrick Calhoun papers, 1844-1852.

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Patrick Calhoun papers, 1844-1852.

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Letter, 27 July 1845, from Lieut. Calhoun, to his father, John C. Calhoun, documents the younger Calhoun's role in the Mexican War, when in 1845, he was at western department command headquarters in New Orleans, serving as aide-de-camp to Brevet Major General Edmund Pendleton Gaines. Gaines had hoped to leave New Orleans by mid-July, but had remained until "the Troop destined for Texas" could sail. "Gen. Gaines intended at one time to review them prior to their embarcation, indeed ground had been selected near the city in which to review," although he abandoned this plan when 61-year old Col. [Josiah H.] Vose fell dead, presumably from the heat. Calhoun also expresses reservations of attempts to enter battle with few troops, "Unless the Government at Washington is fully informed upon this subject, it is... acting strangely and without proper forethought in sending in so small and ill appointed a force...." Account book, 1852, of quartermaster department dating to Calhoun's military service at Fort Lincoln, Texas, showing equipment and provisions; remainder of volume used for writing exercises. [Fort Lincoln was established, 1849, on the frontier in west central Medina County, Tx., as part of a permanent federal frontier defense across Texas following the Mexican War. Companies E and G of the Eighth United States Infantry Regiment, commanded by Maj. James Longstreet, defended settlers and the nearby trade route. Fort Lincoln was abandoned on 20 July 1852, after the frontier line had advanced westward. Papers, 1844-1852 and undated, consist of orders re his military service, application for bounty land based on his service in the Mexican War, with number and date of warrant issued for 160 acres; and printed sketch of his Army career.

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