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Maximilian's lieutenant : a personal history of the Mexican campaign, 1864-7 / Ernst Pitner

By:

Pitner, Ernst, 1838-1895 or 1896

Contributor(s):

Etherington-Smith, Gordon

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1993Edition: 1st edDescription: 206 p. : illus. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780826314253

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS 972.07 PIT

Summary: Brings together the letters and excerpts from the Mexican diary of Lieutenant Ernst Pitner, a junior officer in Maximilian's volunteer corps. Pitner was one of the few European officers with Maximilian when he was captured, and he remained with him during his last days. The diary is from a young Austrian army officer who went off as a mercenary to Mexico as part of an ill-judged campaign by the European powers to impose a settlement on Mexico's internal political conflicts and to establish Maximillian as Emperor.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	LAS 972.07 PIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	non fiction		014588

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]) and index.

Brings together the letters and excerpts from the Mexican diary of Lieutenant Ernst Pitner, a junior officer in Maximilian's volunteer corps. Pitner was one of the few European officers with Maximilian when he was captured, and he remained with him during his last days. The diary is from a young Austrian army officer who went off as a mercenary to Mexico as part of an ill-judged campaign by the European powers to impose a settlement on Mexico's internal political conflicts and to establish Maximillian as Emperor.

Translated from the German to English

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