From the monthly archives:

June 2005

Reports of Santa Cruz de Rosales

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 [...]

Read the full article →

LOVE’S DEFEAT (Coon Creeks 1847)

June 2, 2005

LOVE’S DEFEAT: The Battle of the Coon Creeks By Will Gorenfeld and George Stammerjohan ed 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 [...]

Read the full article →