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Nathaniel Wyche Hunter Mexican War letter, 1846.
MANUSCRIPTSMCII : Box 31 : Folder 12
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Title:
Nathaniel Wyche Hunter Mexican War letter, 1846Hunter letter
Creator/Contributor:
Hunter, Nathaniel Wyche., creatorAbstract:
Letter from Nathaniel Wyche Hunter of the 2nd U. S. Dragoons in St. Charles, LA to Sarah B. Golding in Athens, GA, dated April
28, 1846, discussing the disappearance of Colonel Trueman Cross, which contributed to the shaky relations between the United
States and Mexico.
Date:
1846 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCross, Trueman -- d. 1846
Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Anecdotes
Note:
Colonel Trueman Cross was born in Maryland and entered the United States Army in 1814. He rose to the rank of Colonel, and
during the early days of the Mexican War served as Chief of the Quartermaster's Department of General Zachary Taylor's Army
of Occupation until his death in April 1846 while horseback riding, probably at the hands of Mexican guerillas.
Nathaniel Wyche Hunter graduated from West Point in 1833 and served in the Florida Seminole campaigns before assignment to
the 2nd U. S. Dragoons on the eve of the Mexican War.
Hunter letter.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Physical Description:
print
1 file folder; 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.
Language:
English
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Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.