Although the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848 had a profound effect on the development of the United States, it is today mostly forgotten by Americans. The war enlarged the country all the way to the Pacific and resulted in the conquest of what are today parts of six different states, making the US for the first time a two-ocean continental power. It was also one of the most deeply unpopular wars in US history, with many politicians and citizens viewing it as an outrage--calling it "Mr Polk's War". If it is remembered today in the US at all, it is usually as a footnote to another war-for the fact that many of the leading figures in the American Civil War, including Ulysses S Grant, Robert E Lee, George McClellan, William T
Sherman, Braxton Bragg, George Meade, Pierre Beauregard, and Jefferson Davis-saw their first baptism of fire as junior officers in the Mexican-American War. This book is an account of the Mexican War drawn from the firsthand memoirs of nine people who fought in it. Two of these--Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor, commanded US Armies during the war. Others--Ulysses S Grant, George McClellan and William T Sherman--were young officers who went on to command armies in the Civil War. Three--Robert Anderson, Samuel Chamberlain and Jonathan Bulhoup--were ordinary frontline soldiers. And one--Ramon Alcarez--was a Mexican soldier during the war. Together, they provide a view of the Mexican-American War from both sides. Illustrated.

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