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Palo Alto and the start of the US-Mexico War

Imagine cannons booming, muskets crackling, and the spirit of adventure hanging heavy over the rugged plains of Texas. Then, in the spring of 1846, the fuse finally burned down. What followed was the ...
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The war America pushed sparks Mexico’s collapse

In 1846, the United States went looking for a war with Mexico and found one on the Rio Grande. A border clash gave President James Polk the excuse he needed to declare war and push the army south. The ...
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The U.S.-Mexican War - Episode Two: The War for the Borderlands

In 1846, U.S. soldiers set out to conquer Mexican territory and Pres. Polk sets aim on Mexico City. In June of 1846, an army of 1600 soldiers begin a 900-mile march to conquer the Mexican territory of ...
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Chronicles of the gringos : the U.S. Army in the Mexican War, 1846-1848 ; accounts of eyewitnesses & combatants / edited with an introduction, commentaries, and notes by George ...

An army in the making -- The Taylor campaign: Corpus Christi to Buena Vista -- Manifest destiny: war in the west -- The Vera Cruz expedition -- Scott's Invasion: Vera Cruz to Mexico City -- Life in ...
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The beginnings of the Mexican War in 1846 : geophysical investigations of the Fort Brown site, Cameron County, Texas / by Steven L. De Vore and Rolando L. Garza

The National Park Service's (NPS) Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC) and Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park (PAAL) staff, along with instructors and participants of the 2011 NPS ...