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 first letter, which was written to his family while he was working as a farmhand in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Upton's letters document his experiences as a soldier in Company E of the 3rd Regiment U.S. Infantry before and during the Mexican War. The letters describe his enlistment in the army and camp life on Governors Island, New York, early in 1845; his voyage from New York to New Orleans that spring; camp life at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, Corpus Christi, Texas, Matamoros, Camargo, Veracruz, and Jalapa, Mexico; and battles in which he fought including Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Cerro Gordo. His last letter was written from Puebla as he prepared to march to Mexico City.
Description:
Gift of Lewis S. Beach, 1945. and 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 received at a battle outside the city.
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
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 first letter, which was written to his family while he was working as a farmhand in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Upton's letters document his experiences as a soldier in Company E of the 3rd Regiment U.S. Infantry before and during the Mexican War. The letters describe his enlistment in the army and camp life on Governors Island, New York, early in 1845; his voyage from New York to New Orleans that spring; camp life at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, Corpus Christi, Texas, Matamoros, Camargo, Veracruz, and Jalapa, Mexico; and battles in which he fought including Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Cerro Gordo. His last letter was written from Puebla as he prepared to march to Mexico City.
Description:
Gift of Lewis S. Beach, 1945. and 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 received at a battle outside the city.
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
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. and 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 first letter, which was written to his family while he was working as a farmhand in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Upton's letters document his experiences as a soldier in Company E of the 3rd Regiment U.S. Infantry before and during the Mexican War. The letters describe his enlistment in the army and camp life on Governors Island, New York, early in 1845; his voyage from New York to New Orleans that spring; camp life at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, Corpus Christi, Texas, Matamoros, Camargo, Veracruz, and Jalapa, Mexico; and battles in which he fought including Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey, and Cerro Gordo. His last letter was written from Puebla as he prepared to march to Mexico City.
Description:
Gift of Lewis S. Beach, 1945. and 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 received at a battle outside the city.
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
