Letter from a soldier held under arrest by the Provost Guard

Creator

Identifier

BLIBR0008-S002-1847-002-A

Files

Creation Date

December 1847

Description

In this letter, the soldier, a German, explains that he had been taken prisoner by the Mexican Army but had escaped and was now being held by the U.S. Army. "Carta de un soldado detenido por la Provost Guard"

Physical Description

.JPG, 1 Handwritten letter, English, 31 x 41 cm

Recommended Citation

Palo Alto/Mexican War Research Collection (BLIBR-0008). Series II: Archive of letters and documents from the American occupation of Monterrey, Mexico. UTRGV Digital Library, The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley. Accessed via https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/paloaltoresearch/