"The Mexican-American War secured the southwest for the nation, and provided training for future Civil War generals."@en
"U.S. Commanding General Winfield Scott and a little known engineer who has never seen combat, Robert E. Lee, command 8,000 American troops who march on the Mexican capital of Mexico City to mount a final challenge to the forces of dictator General Antonio López de Santa Anna."@en
"U.S. Commanding General Winfield Scott and a little known engineer who has never seen combat, Robert E. Lee, command 8,000 American troops who march on the Mexican capital of Mexico City to mount a final challenge to the forces of dictator General Antonio López de Santa Anna."
""The story takes us back to a time when the Civil War's most familiar names are fighting for another cause, junior officers in an unfamiliar land, experiencing combat for the first time in the Mexican-American War.""
"In this ... novel, [the author] carries us back thirteen years before the Civil War, when that momentous conflict's most familiar names are fighting for another cause, junior officers marching under the same flag in an unfamiliar land, experiencing combat for the first time in the Mexican-American War. -http://www.booksinprint.com"
"Robert E. Lee and Winfield Scott deal with the Mexican dictator, General Santa Anna."
"Scott leads his troops against the imperious Mexican dictator, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. It becomes clear that the final conflict will occur at the gates and fortified walls of the ancient capital, Mexico City."@en
"Eight thousand marines land in Vera Cruz bound for a war against the Mexican army, including Winfield Scott, a general who made history in the War of 1812, and Robert E. Lee, a forty-year-old engineer as yet untested in battle."@en
"Eight thousand marines land in Vera Cruz bound for a war against the Mexican army, including Winfield Scott, a general who made history in the War of 1812, and Robert E. Lee, a forty-year-old engineer as yet untested in battle."
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A novel of the Mexican War.In March 1847 , the U. S. Navy delivered eight thousand soldiers on the beaches of Vera Cruz. A familar Cival War name was Robert E Lee a forty year old engineer who had never seen combat.
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"A novel of the Mexican War.In March 1847 , the U. S. Navy delivered eight thousand soldiers on the beaches of Vera Cruz. A familar Cival War name was Robert E Lee a forty year old engineer who had never seen combat."
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