Title

Smith, James H.

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Creator

Date Original

circa 1911-1920s

Description

This card offers information regarding the service of Arkansas soldier James H. Smith during the Mexican War, 1846-1848. Information includes full name, rank, company, location enlisted, company commander, and additional service notes.

Biographical/Historical Note

These index cards were compiled, circa 1911-1920s, by Arkansas History Commission director Dallas Herndon, from a variety of sources, likely including available muster rolls, Arkansas newspapers, and National Archives Record Association Mexican War service records. These cards’ template was produced to index information on Civil War soldiers and includes typed fields with the dates "1861-1865." Surplus Civil War indexing cards were used for this Mexican War soldiers indexing project.

Physical Description

Document; 5" x 8"

Subjects

Mexican War, 1846-1848; Mexican War, 1846-1848--Arkansas.; Soldiers

Contributor

Dallas Herndon (compiler)

Geographical Area

Van Buren, Crawford County (Ark.); Carmargo, Mexico

Language

English

Identifier

MS.000956, Smith, James H.

Resource Type

Text

Collection

Arkansas Soldiers in the Mexican War index cards, MS.000956

Publisher

Arkansas State Archives

Contributing Entity

Arkansas State Archives

Recommended Citation

James H. Smith, Arkansas Soldiers in the Mexican War index cards, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Rights

Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.

Comments

For additional research on this topic the Arkansas State Archives has microfilm copies of the National Archives Records Association Mexican War service records.