June 22, 2005
Headquarters, Army of the West,Chihuahua, March 31, 1848. GENERAL: I have the honor to submit a report of my operations from the period of adopting the intentions expressed in my communication to the war department, dated 6th February, 1848, to the present instant. After making such arrangements both military and civil, as I deemed essential [...]
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June 2, 2005
LOVE—™S DEFEAT: The Battle of the Coon CreeksBy Will Gorenfeld and George StammerjohanCopyrighted December 8, 2003 First Lieutenant John Love, commanding Company B, 1st United States Dragoons, felt he was in a rut that winter of 1846-47. The year before, as a 2d Lieutenant, he was on recruiting duty in Dayton, Ohio. Hearing that the [...]
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