Re: Looking for soldier in Battle of Buena Vista
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In reply to:
Re: Looking for soldier in Battle of Buena Vista
Deborah cangiamilla 8/17/10
On April 3, 1848, Dr. Thomas Neely Lowe wrote, "More difficulty than usual in getting the sick into waggons [sic]--Liet. Amyx knocked an impudent waggoner off of his mule with his gun...."
Perhaps this was the cause of his court martial?
The above reference can be found in A Southern Lacrimosa edited by H. Grady Howell, Jr., Chickasaw Bayou Press, 1995 page 100.
JOhn