Directory of Mexican-American War Resources

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This category lists sites concerning the 19th century Mexican-American War.

Subcategories

• Manifest Destiny
• Palo Alto Battlefield
• Personalities

Resources in This Category

• 1846: Portrait of a Nation

  http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/1846/
  Smithsonian online exhibition of the political, cultural, and social character of America in 1846. In addition to the War, it looks at communications, transportation, manufacturing, social reform, science and pseudoscience, art, and literature.

• Aztec Club of 1847

  http://www.aztecclub.com/
  Military Society of the Mexican War. Includes history of the war and the 150 year old society, biographies, historical accounts, documents, photographs, artwork and links.

• Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

  https://www.nps.gov/beol/index.htm
  Located near La Juncta, CO. During the war with Mexico in 1846, the fort became a staging area for Colonel Stephen Watts Kearny's "Army of the West". Park information and links.

• Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan

  http://www.kancoll.org/books/edwards/edwtitle.html
  Text written in 1847 by Frank S. Edwards, a volunteer. Includes 7 chapters of details of military campaigns, with an Appendix.

• Fort Scott National Historic Site

  http://www.nps.gov/fosc/
  Kansas. National Park Service site about Fort established in 1842 and garrisoned by dragoon and infantry soldiers that played a major role in the Mexican War.

• Handbook of Texas Online: MEXICAN WAR

  http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qdm02
  A brief description of the major events of the war.

• Indiana Mexican War Soldiers

  http://www.ingenweb.org/mexican/index.html
  Detailed roster by regiment and company of Indiana soldiers who served in the Mexican War.

• Merchant Marine in the Mexican-American War

  http://www.usmm.org/mexicanwar.html
  A brief description of the Merchant Marine's in the Mexican-American War

• Mexican American War - Liberty - Themepark

  http://www.uen.org/themepark/liberty/mexicanamericanwar.shtml
  From the Utah Education Network, a brief description of the war with links to places, people, and related sites.

• Mexican War

  http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/muzzey.html
  Historical school text from "American History" (1911) by David Muzzey, discussing the War.

• Mexican War

  http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/mexican.htm
  Comprehensive site by Prof. De la Cova that includes maps, artwork, articles, and many links.

• Mexican War History/Mexican War Re-Enactors

  http://gbp.net/mexicanwar/index.html
  An information site that has articles on battles, dragoons, the military, the times, artillery, a bulletin board, photographs and reenactor information.

• Mexican-American War and the Media

  http://www.history.vt.edu/MxAmWar/INDEX.HTM
  Links to transcriptions of newspaper articles and images related to the war from Virginia Tech. The transcriptions may be downloaded and used for teaching and research.

• Michigan Military History: War with Mexico

  http://www.michigan.gov/dmva/0,1607,7-126-2360_3003_3009-16986--,00.html
  History of Michigan's troops and their service during the war.

• Ohio History Central - The Mexican War

  http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=517
  Description of the War and Ohio's role in it.

• Pictorial Americana: War with Mexico (Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress)

  http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/picamer/paMexican.html
  Selected images from the Library of Congress relating to the War with Mexico (1846-1848); one chapter from a 1955 publication of the Prints and Photographs Division, Pictorial Americana.

• Resaca de la Palma Site State Park

  http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/gkr02
  Texas. Brief description and location of this battlefield park.

• The California Bear Flag Revolt - 1846

  http://www.sfmuseum.net/hist6/fremont.html
  Eyewitness account by John Bidwell of Fremont in the conquest of California.

• The History Guy: The Mexican-American War

  http://www.historyguy.com/Mexican-American_War.html
  A listing of the main facts about the war, plus a brief description of the causes and the conflict. It also contains unique facts and links.

• The Mexican War

  http://www.lnstar.com/mall/texasinfo/mexicow.htm
  From Texas Trail, an article that describes the background, campaigns, and impact of the war.

• The Mexican War and U.S. Expansion to the Pacific

  http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h41-mex.html
  Politics in Mexico, republic of Texas and annexation, war, protests, California and the rest of northern Mexico. The invasion at Veracruz and fall of Mexico City, and the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

• The Mexican-American War

  http://www.sonofthesouth.net/mexican-war/war.htm
  Extensive free resources for the student of the War. Features detailed accounts of the battles, and biographies and pictures of the key leaders.

• The Political Graveyard: Politicians Killed in the Mexican War

  http://politicalgraveyard.com/death/mexican-war.html
  A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for U.S. political figures who died in the War between 1846-1847.

• The U.S. -Mexican War, 1846-1848

  http://www.dmwv.org/mexwar/mexwar1.htm
  From the Descendants of the Mexican War, contains history, images, maps, historic sites, reading list, chronology, and statistics.

• The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848)

  http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/
  An online companion resource to the PBS documentary. Text in English and Spanish. Contains dialogues, timeline, discussions, and resources.

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Guadalupe.html
  Contains the text of the Treaty and related primary source materials from the online collections of the Library of Congress.

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/guadhida.asp
  From the Avalon Project, the complete text of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war.

• US-Mexican War

  http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/mexican_war.htm
  US political context and overview of military campaign that ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1816-1848. Provides links to US military sources.

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