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1.
Goetzmann / Patterson typescript. Transcripts of letters

Call Number:
WA MSS S-1895
Collection Title:
Barna N. Upton Mexican War letters
Container / Volume:
Folder 4
Image Count:
78
Abstract:
Accompanied by typed transcripts of the letters, by an eleven-page typescript by W. H. Goetzmann and Jerry E. Patterson dated June 17, 1959, written as an introduction to the Upton letters which they had edited for publication, and a letter with enclo...
Description:
Upton was born on July 26, 1820, the eldest son of Nehemiah Newhall Upton, a farmer and clothier of Charlemont, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1845, fought in the Mexican War, and died in Mexico City on October 15, 1847 of wounds he r...
Subject (Geographic):
Ciudad Camargo (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
United States. Army Military life History 19th century
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Goetzmann / Patterson typescript. Transcripts of letters

2.
Letters, 1842-1845

Published / Created:
1842-1845
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1895
Collection Title:
Barna N. Upton Mexican War letters
Container / Volume:
Folder 1
Image Count:
22
Abstract:
Twenty-five ALS (three of which are manuscript copies) written by Barna N. Upton to his father Nehemiah, his brother Elias, his sister Susan, and other family members and friends, dating from July 7, 1842 to August 7, 1847. With the exception of his ...
Description:
Gift of Lewis S. Beach, 1945.
Subject (Geographic):
Ciudad Camargo (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, Corpus Christi (Tex.)--Description and travel, Fort Jesup (La.)--Description and travel, Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)--Description and travel, Jalapa (Mexico)--Description and travel, Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Fogg, William W, Goetzmann, William H, Patterson, Jerry E., fl. 1959, Powers, Zara, United States. Army Military life History 19th century, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd. Company E, Upton family, Upton, Barna N., 1820-1847, Upton, Eleanor Stuart, 1886, Upton, Elias, Upton, Nehemiah Newhall, and Upton, Susan
Subject (Topic):
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Military life, Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Palo Alto, Battle of, 1846, Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, 1846, Soldiers--United States--19th century, and Voyages and travels
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters, 1842-1845

3.
Letters, 1846

Published / Created:
1846
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1895
Collection Title:
Barna N. Upton Mexican War letters
Container / Volume:
Folder 2
Image Count:
38
Abstract:
Twenty-five ALS (three of which are manuscript copies) written by Barna N. Upton to his father Nehemiah, his brother Elias, his sister Susan, and other family members and friends, dating from July 7, 1842 to August 7, 1847. With the exception of his ...
Description:
Gift of Lewis S. Beach, 1945.
Subject (Geographic):
Ciudad Camargo (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, Corpus Christi (Tex.)--Description and travel, Fort Jesup (La.)--Description and travel, Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)--Description and travel, Jalapa (Mexico)--Description and travel, Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Fogg, William W, Goetzmann, William H, Patterson, Jerry E., fl. 1959, Powers, Zara, United States. Army Military life History 19th century, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd. Company E, Upton family, Upton, Barna N., 1820-1847, Upton, Eleanor Stuart, 1886, Upton, Elias, Upton, Nehemiah Newhall, and Upton, Susan
Subject (Topic):
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Military life, Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Palo Alto, Battle of, 1846, Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, 1846, Soldiers--United States--19th century, and Voyages and travels
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters, 1846

4.
Letters, 1847-1848

Published / Created:
1847-1848
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1895
Collection Title:
Barna N. Upton Mexican War letters
Container / Volume:
Folder 3
Image Count:
15
Abstract:
A letter of April 20, 1848, written by William W. Fogg of Upton's Company, informs Upton's father of his son's death in Mexico City on October 15, 1847.
Description:
Gift of Lewis S. Beach, 1945.
Subject (Geographic):
Ciudad Camargo (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, Corpus Christi (Tex.)--Description and travel, Fort Jesup (La.)--Description and travel, Governors Island (New York County, N.Y.)--Description and travel, Jalapa (Mexico)--Description and travel, Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico)--Description and travel, and Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Fogg, William W, Goetzmann, William H, Patterson, Jerry E., fl. 1959, Powers, Zara, United States. Army Military life History 19th century, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd. Company E, Upton family, Upton, Barna N., 1820-1847, Upton, Eleanor Stuart, 1886, Upton, Elias, Upton, Nehemiah Newhall, and Upton, Susan
Subject (Topic):
Cerro Gordo, Battle of, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Mexico, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Military life, Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Palo Alto, Battle of, 1846, Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, 1846, Soldiers--United States--19th century, and Voyages and travels
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters, 1847-1848