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Front Matter National Histories Mexico and Texas Causes of the War Immediate Cause of the War The Army of Occupation The Battle of Palo Alto Resaca de la Palma Results of Victory Army of the West New Mexico and Santa Fe Expedition to the Navajos Occupation of California Invasion of Chihuahua The Desert March Battle of Sacramento Chihuahua Storming of Monterey Monterey (concluded) Battle of Buena Vista Buena Vista (concluded) Capture of Vera Cruz March to the Capital City Progress Toward Mexico Outworks of Mexico Storming of Chapultepec Revolt in New Mexico McCulloch's Raids The American Navy Episodes of the War Closing Events Results of the War

History of the War with Mexico - H. O. Ladd



This is a thorough and balanced history of the War between Mexico and America, written only twenty years after the conflict. It emphasizes the dubious political machinations that led to the war, and the dysfunctional condition of the Mexican government, as well as American feats of heroism.

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Americans land at Vera Cruz.

AMERICANS LAND AT VERA CRUZ.


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Preface

The war of the United States with Mexico awakened the military ardor of American citizens, which had been slumbering since the contest with Great Britain in 1812-14. It stirred their imagination with the romance which has ever been connected with the scenes of Spanish conquest, heightened by the strange histories and vestiges of the most ancient people and civilization of the New World. It allured the adventurous spirit of the Northern soldier by the attractions of a tropical climate and a land of superb mountain-ranges veined with silver and gold, and of valleys and plains rich with Southern fruits and flowers.

This war formed an epoch in the history of the United States from which dates that heroic spirit of patriotism and those marvellous qualities of the American soldier of the last generation, which became so conspicuous in the Civil War, preparing for it some of the ablest officers and leaders.

This history does not attempt to discuss military movements or to illustrate the principles of military science. It would leave a clear impression rather than a technical knowledge of these operations in the reader's mind, and arouse his interest in the New West, which became, by this war, an integral part of the Union. That he may accomplish in some good measure these aims has been the earnest effort and hope of

THE AUTHOR.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO, SANTA FE, November 1882.



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