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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Women and Independence in Latin America An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence |
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Gender:Male
Ethnic origen: White
Events:
| 1825 | - | Ripley | - | Not applicable | - | He was born here. |
| 1835-1848? | - | Texas | - | Unknown | - | He fought in the Texas war. |
| 1835-1848 | - | Monterrey | - | Unknown | - | He fought here in the Texas war. |
| 1851 | - | Ripley | - | Unknown | - | He wrote and published a poem, "The Siege of Monterey". |
Connections:
US/Mexico War 1846-48Biography:
The grandfather of novelist William F. Faulkner (who altered the spelling), from Mississippi, USA, he volunteered for the Mexican War. He wrote The Siege of Monterey in 1851, a poem of around 4,000 lines and 493 stanzas. This was pronounced, “in all probability the strangest poetical composition in the language”. It includes the story of a Mexican girl disguised as a soldier and her soldier lover defending Monterrey. He also wrote “The Spanish Heroine; a tale of war and love. Scenes laid in Mexico”. (Johannsen, 209)
References:
Johannsen, Robert W. (1985) To the Halls of the Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American Imagination