Training Ground Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848

Name: Training Ground Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848
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ISBN: 9780316166256

ISBN-10: 0316166251

ISBN-13: 9780316166256

Edition: 2008

Authors: Martin Dugard

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Few historical figures are as inextricably linked as Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. But less than two decades before they faced each other as enemies at Appomattox , they had been brothers--both West Point graduates, both wearing blue, and both fighting in the same cadre in the Mexican War. They were not alone: Sherman, Davis, Jackson -nearly all of the Civil War's greatest soldiers had been forged in the heat of Vera Cruz and Monterrey . The Mexican War has faded from our national memory, but it was a struggle of enormous significance: the first U.S. war waged on foreign soil; and it nearly doubled our nation. At this fascinating juncture of American history, a group of young men…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 5/14/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.37" wide x 9.63" long x 1.37" tall
Weight: 1.540

Martin Dugard is one of today's foremost adventure writers. His work appears regularly in "GQ", "Sports Illustrated" & "Esquire". He won the 1997 Dallas Press Club "Katie" award for Best Magazine Sports Story. An avid adventurer himself, Dugard has completed the Raid Gauloises adventure race three times. He is co-holder of the Around the World Speed Record (New York New York in 31 hours, 28 minutes) & he makes his home with his wife & three boys in Orange County, California.



Author's Note


Appomattox


Prologue



Line in the Sand



Corpus Christi



Rio Grande



Rough and Ready



Fields of Fire



Call to Battle



Fort Texas



Clash



Resaca de la Palma



Brown Bess



Volunteers



Growing Up



Taylor's War



Camargo



Star-Spangled Banner



Eager for Action



First Mississippi



The Westerner



The Rifles



Supply Train



Prelude



Monterrey, Day One



Monterrey, Day Two



The Mortar



Politics and War



Change of Command



The Perils of Occupation



Policy and Power



Scott's War



Transfers



The Artillery Officer



One Step Closer



California



Taylor Stands Alone



The Hacienda



Lobos Island



Invasion



National Road



Twiggs's Dilemma



Reconnaissance



Pressing the Advantage



The Aztec Club



"Nothing Can Stop This Army"



Old Glory



Conquest



Fourth of July


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Appendix A


Appendix B


Appendix C


Selected Notes and Biographies


Selected Bibliography


Index