Diary, 1850-1861.

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Diary, 1850-1861.

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William E. Prince, born in and appointed from Massachusetts to the United States Army, describes the military posts in which he served, namely: Ringgold Barracks, Forts Clark, Terrett, Duncan, McKavett, Texas, and Fort Arbuckle, Indian Territory. He describes the wagon trains, the difficulties with the Mexicans crossing the border, the Carbajal revolt in Mexico, 1850-1853, known as the Merchants War, and his command along the Rio Grande where the army was preserving civil authority.

92 p ; 39 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

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Prince, William E. d. 1892.

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Lt. William E. Prince served as Assistant Commissary of Subsistence at Fort Leavenworth in 1845-47 and in 1847 became Aide-de-Camp and Adjutant to Brig. Gen. Sterling Price of the 9th Military Dept. From the description of Army letterbooks, 1845-1848. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126720 An officer in the United States Army, 1838-1864, William E. Prince served in the Mexican War and the Civil War. In 1861 he was commander of the 1st Infantry, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. ...