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

Englisch

Tuscaloosa, Ala. : Univ. of Alabama Press, 2010

XIX, 326 p

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-0-8173-1678-5*hbk

978-0-8173-8332-9*electronic

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.

*Taylor, Zachary *1784-1850* / Lee, Robert E. *1807-1870* / Grant, Ulysses S. *1822-1885* / Hill, Daniel H. *1821-1889* / Sherman, Thomas W. *1813-1879*

*Mexikanischer Krieg / Vorgeschichte

*Taylor, Zachary -- 1784-1850 -- Military leadership ; United States -- Army -- History -- Mexican War, 1846-1848 ; United States -- Army -- Biography ; Generals -- United States -- Biography ; Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Campaigns ; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: E405.1

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: [22] 973.6/3092

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

Magazin

BIBTEX - ENDNOTE - RIS