Dragoon regiments, which were considered ... along with America's desire for more land, the Mexican-American war began in 1846. During the war, the U.S. raised 115,000 troops, of which 73,000 ...

Dragoons in Apacheland ... between two equally committed but opposing societies from the end of the Mexican-American War to the beginning of the Civil War. Under the banner of Manifest Destiny ...

On April 25, 1846 — one year after Florida became a state — the Mexican Army ambushed two dragoon companies ... fight in Cuba during the Spanish-American War that brought fame to Teddy ...

After the Mexican-American War, noncommissioned officers found themselves ... a young man named Percival Lowe enlisted into the U.S. Army's elite Dragoon unit. Lowe use his knowledge of the ...

Worth, during the Mexican-American War.1855. Library of Congress. In 1844, President James K. Polk ran on a Democratic platform that supported manifest destiny, the idea that Americans were ...

Our nation’s war dead ... the Mexican-American War and conquest of the state. Among them was Capt. Benjamin D. Moore, a 36-year-old from Paris, Kentucky serving in the Army dragoons ...

Recounts the adventures of Samuel Chamberlain, who joins the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War at the age of 16. He describes his journey from Boston to the war front, detailing encounters ...

A party of dragoons of 63 men and officers were on the same day dispatched from the American camp up the Rio del Norte, on its left bank, to ascertain whether the Mexican troops had crossed or ...