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The Mexican-American War, 1846-1848

By Gerry Embleton , Philip Katcher

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
1989
ISBN
9780850452532, 0-85045-253-8
LCC
UC483 .K4
Open Library ID
OL4943099M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3134346 bytes)
Series
Men-at-arms series
Pages
51\51
Topic
History
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

‘There never was so fine an American army,’ wrote second-lieutenant, John Sedgwick, in describing the troops under Major-General Zachary Taylor in 1846. Another then second-lieutenant, destined to see many more armies; U.S. Grant, also thought highly of them: ‘The rank and file were probably inferior … to the volunteers that participated in all the later battles of the war; but they were brave men, and then drill and discipline brought out all there was in them.’ Philip Katcher writes the story of the regulars and volunteers who fought in the Mexican-American War, detailing the infantry, cavalry, artillery and staff of both the American and Mexican armies.

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