Climax at Buena Vista: The Decisive Battle of the Mexican-American War

The ferocity and magnitude of the American Civil War eclipses that of all other nineteenth—century conflicts, but the hard fighting and tactics that played out between the North and South were first developed during the Mexican—American War of the late 1840s. It was during this struggle between two regional powers that the United States showed that it could muster soldiers representing far—flung states of the Union—Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Mississippi—and officers fresh fr...