Reminiscences of a Campaign in Mexico (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Reminiscences of a Campaign in Mexico (Classic Reprint) written by John Blout Robertson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Reminiscences of a Campaign in Mexico When the author of the following pages commenced the pub lication of his Reminiscences in the Nashville Union, he expected to complete his undertaking in a very few numbers, which would never go beyond the columns of the newspapers. The only objects which he had in view in writing, were to improve himself, and at the same time, to place before the country the real merits of the Regiment of Volunteers of which he had beena member. He was induced, however, by the attering oommen dations bestowed on his first numbers, accompanied by the urgent solicitations of many of his companions in arms, to extend his original design, and enter into a full history of the operations of the Bloody First in Mexico. Before these numbers were concluded, he received numerous applications from esteemed friends, to collect and republish, in a form more convenient for preservation, the whole - series. In compliance with these appli cations the following pages are submitted to the public. In detailing the history of the campaign in Which-his Regiment was engaged, he has endeavored to be strictly impartial, and he indulges the h0pe that in his narrations he has done injustice to none. If he has failed in this, it has resulted from his inabil ity to procure all the facts in each transaction which he has detailed. He has, as yet, heard of no complaint on this score, and, therefore, he trusts that his sketches will be entitled to the merit of impartiality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."