The Mounted Volunteer

The Mounted Volunteer

a Diary of a Private of Missouri Mounted Volunteers on the Expedition to California, 1846

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including A Sketch of the Life and Character of Col. Alexander W. Doniphan by D. C. Allen A horse soldier's war Doniphan's Expedition was an interesting sideshow of the American-Mexican War. His force, composed of men raised in Missouri, moved down the Santa Fe trail eventually meeting in battle and defeating a Mexican Army many times its own size at the Battle of Sacramento. What makes this book fascinating is that it is a narrative of these remarkable men and this noteworthy achievement from within the ranks and by the pen of a very ordinary private soldier. The march, the camp and the battl...