Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds : The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley (War and the Southwest Ser.)
Language: English
Published by University of North Texas Press, Denton, TX, 1997
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- Title
- Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds : The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley (War and the Southwest Ser.)
- Author
- McCaffrey, James M. (editor)
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press, Denton, TX
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1574410342
- ISBN 13
- 9781574410341
- Edition
- First Edition?.
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- Biography and Autobiography, Military History
Laidley landed at Veracruz on the Mexican coast in March 1847, and assisted in the reduction of that important port city. He commanded a field battery at Cerro Gordo as General Winfield Scott began his march into the interior of Mexico. The young lieutenant remained with the garrison at Puebla, where his actions were instrumental in denying that city to Santa Anna in a month-long siege in the fall of 1847. Upon his arrival in Mexico City and the victory there and ensuing treaty negotiations, Laidley explored ancient sites and followed the trails first laid by Cortez. On August 2, 1848, the military occupation of Mexico ended and Laidley, now a Brevet Major, returned to the United States. His letters home to his father in Virginia begin on August 23, 1945 (from Watervliet Arsenal, New York) and end on May 13, 1848 (from Mexico City). They reveal the horrors of the battlefield, his low opinion of volunteer soldiers, the jealousy over promotions within the officer corps, and continued concerns over his own physical and spiritual health.
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