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Trailing clouds of glory : Zachary Taylor's Mexican War campaign and his emerging Civil War leaders /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Felice Flanery
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Taylor, Zachary, > 1784-1850 > Military leadership.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Campaigns.
United States. > Army > History > Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States. > Army > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Taylor's Corps of Observation
  • Taylor's army of occupation at Corpus Christi
  • Encounters with "the enemy" : Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande
  • The ambush : "Hostilities may now be considered as commenced"
  • Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Fort Brown
  • Occupation of Matamoros, Reynosa, Camargo, and Mier
  • March to Monterrey
  • Battle of Monterrey
  • Captain Robert E. Lee joins General Wool's march into Mexico
  • Taylor's changing army and the occupation of Saltillo
  • Battle of Buena Vista
  • Last days of Taylor's army of occupation
  • Appendix: future Civil War leaders in Taylor's army.