Samuel G. French papers, undated.

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Samuel G. French papers, undated.

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Contains the following type of materials: report. Contains information pertaining to the following war and time period: Mexican War. Contains information pertaining to the following military unit and organization: 3rd US Infantry Regiment. General description of the collection: The Samuel G. French papers include general officer's paper: holograph copy of French's report to Brevet Major General Thomas S. Jesup, the Quartermaster General, October 7, 1850, of his operations in the Eighth Department (Texas), February-September, 1849, primarily while accompanying Brevet Major Jefferson Van Horne's detachment of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment from San Antonio to El Paso, June 1-September 8. This report recounts the hardships of the march, points out the difficulty of subsisting a large force at El Paso, and occasionally contrasts the supply problems encountered with those faced during the Mexican War.

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French, Samuel Gibbs, 1818-1910

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Samuel G. French was a captain in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps. From the description of Samuel G. French papers, undated. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47351206 Samuel Gibbs French (1818-1893) was born on November 22, 1818 in New Jersey to Samuel and Rebecca Clark French. He graduated from the U. S. Military Academy in 1843. He married twice, first to E. Matilda Roberts in 1853 and then to Mary Fontaine Abercrombie in 1865. He ...

United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd

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