But the Mexican government refused to even meet with ... Lee, who would later lead armies against one another in the Civil War, had their first combat experiences in Mexico. Generals Zachary ...

The second or guerilla stage of the Mexican Civil War was definitely be-gun and no hope of an early peace was forecast. The usual contradictory reports were forthcoming in the usual profusion.

Courtesy: Library of Congress From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War ravaged America ... number of American battlefield deaths in the Mexican War, 1846-1848 900 — Approximate number of battlefield ...

The Alamo, where the defeat of Texas revolutionaries by Mexican forces inspired an iconic battle cry, marks its 189th ...

It didn’t go too well; the ship was lost in a storm, but Semmes wrote up his adventures in “Service Afloat and Ashore During ...