Shamrock and Sword: The Saint Patrick’s Battalion in the U.S.–Mexican War 0806122048, 9780806122045

Historia del comienzo y la caída del batallón San Patricio, una unidad del ejército mexicano, constituido principalme

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English Pages xv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Year 1989

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Shamrock and Sword: The Saint Patrick’s Battalion in the U.S.–Mexican War
0806122048, 9780806122045

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Robert Ryal Miller

Table of contents :

Content: Bloodshed on the Rio Grande --
Organizing the San Patricios --
Fighting under the shamrock flag --
The place of the war god --
Trials and punishment --
In and out of prison --
The postwar battalion --
Why they defected --
Myths and realities.
Abstract: Historia del comienzo y la caída del batallón San Patricio, una unidad del ejército mexicano, constituido principalmente por desertores del ejército de EE.UU., en la guerra entre ambos países

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