"Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds": The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley Page: Front Inside
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"Surrounded by
Dangers of
All Kinds"
The Mexican War Letters of
Lieutenant Theodore Laidley
Edited by James M. McCaffrey
Lieutenant Theodore Laidley, a West
Point graduate whose army career
spanned forty years until his retirement
as a colonel in 1882, was a young officer
during the Mexican War. Like so many of
his fellow soldiers he wrote long letters
home describing new and unusual sights
and events.
Laidlev landed at Veracruz on the
Mexican coast in March 1847, and assisted
in the reduction of that important port
city. He commanded a field battery at
Cerro Gordo as General Winfield Scott
began his march into the interior of
Mexico. The young lieutenant remained
with the garrison at Puebla, where his ac-
tions were instrumental in denying that
city to Santa Anna in a month-long siege
in the fall of 1847. Upon his arrival in
Mexico City following the victory there,
and during ensuing treaty negotiations,
Laidley explored ancient sites and fol-
lowed the trails first laid by Cortez. On
August 2, 1848, the military occupation of
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McCaffrey, James M., 1946- & Laidley, Theodore, 1822-1886. "Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds": The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley, book, 1997; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28333/m1/2/: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.