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The manuscript in this collection, the "Storming of Monterey," first appeared as an appendix in the 1996 edition of Sam Chamberlain (1829-1908)'s My Confession. Chamberlain had written and illustrated a diary of his experiences as a volunteer attached to Gen. John E. Wool's army in the U.S.-Mexican War. The diary was first published as My Confession: The Recollections of a Rogue in 1956.
The manuscript, 20 pages long, is a clean copy of an earlier draft, with the narrative breaking off on Sept. 21-22, 1846, just before the Mexicans in Monterrey capitulated to the American army. At the top of the first page is Chamberlain's watercolor vignette of Monterrey as seen by the approaching American army. Chamberlain, who was only 16 at the time, was reportedly in San Antonio with the 1st U.S. Dragoons during the battle, and not fighting with the Texas Rangers at Monterrey, as he claims.
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