ALS containing a firsthand account of the battle of Brazito and the taking of El Paso by United States troops under the command of Colonel Alexander Doniphan, Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell, Major William Gilpin, and Captains Hudson and Reid in December ...
Description:
Purchased from Frontier America on the Frederick W. & Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1991.
Subject (Geographic):
Ciudad Juárez (Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Doniphan, Alexander William, Gilpin, William, 1815-1894, Hepburn, Samuel Chew, Martin, William, fl. 1847, and United States Army--Military life--History--19th century
Subject (Topic):
Doniphan's Expedition, 1846-1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico, and Mexican War, 1846-1848--Personal narratives
