In the month of May, two key anniversaries that spurred the Civil War into motion occurred between the United States and Mexico over a conflict that centered on Texas. The Mexican-American War ...

Print shows a scene from the Battle of Monterrey, led by General Zachary Taylor and General William J. Worth, during the Mexican-American ... whether the war was right, Americans had tremendous ...

Many were Irish immigrants who had come to the United States to escape economic hardship, but found themselves fighting in the Mexican-American War against ... flare-ups a general disdain for ...

It wasn’t a fight for freedom, like the one Henry Stevens’ beloved Green Mountain Boys had waged ... the Rio Grande. A Mexican general warned that war would start if the American Army kept ...

Grant was one of America’s greatest generals—a master battlefield ... early on in his military career during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), which ended with Mexico losing approximately ...

Mo Rocca tells the story: Every year, in a small cemetery in Mexico City, 750 unknown American soldiers who died in the Mexican-American War ... General Santa Anna -- yes, the same Santa Anna who ...

There are only two types of men who actually look good in beards: Union Civil War generals ... more than 90 percent of the generals in his sample had some time of facial hair.

Print shows a scene from the Battle of Monterrey, led by General Zachary Taylor and General William J. Worth, during the Mexican-American ... whether the war was right, Americans had tremendous ...