TAILIEUCHUNG - Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war

Previous to the war with Mexico there existed among the people of the United States a strong prejudice against maintaining even a small regular army in time of peace. Active opposition to a permanent, regular military establishment extended to the West Point Academy, in which cadets were trained and qualified to become commissioned officers of the army. That Academy was then a component part of the Military Engineer Corps. For years the chief of the Corps had, in vain, urged upon Congress, the necessity for having, at least one company of enlisted engineer soldiers as a part of the regular army. In the meantime he had,. | Company A corps of engineers . by Gustavus Woodson Smith 1 Company A corps of engineers . by Gustavus Woodson Smith The Project Gutenberg EBook of Company A corps of engineers . 1846- 48 in the Mexican war by Gustavus Woodson Smith This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Company A corps of engineers . 1846- 48 in the Mexican war Author Gustavus Woodson Smith Release Date January 28 2010 EBook 31113 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COMPANY A CORP OF ENGIN. 1846-48 Produced by Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive American Libraries. COMPANY A CORPS OF ENGINEERS U. S. A. Company A corps of engineers . by Gustavus Woodson Smith 2 1846- 48 IN THE MEXICAN WAR. BY GUSTAVUS W. SMITH FORMERLY LIEUTENANT OF ENGINEERS AND BVT. CAPTAIN U. S. ARMY. THE BATTALION PRESS 1896. PREFACE. Executive Document No. 1 United States Senate December 7 1847 contains a Communication from the Secretary of War transmitting to Congress the official reports of commanding generals and their subordinates in the Mexican War. The Secretary says The company of engineer soldiers authorized by the act of May 15 1846 has been more than a year on active duty in Mexico and has rendered efficient service. I again submit with approval the proposition of the Chief Engineer for an increase of this description of force. Senate-Ex. Doc. No. 1 1847 p. 67. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page PREFACE. 3 CHAP. on the Rio Grande--March to Victoria and Tampico--Landing at Vera Cruz--Death of Captain Swift. 7 CHAP. in Operations against Vera Cruz. 21 CHAP. .

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