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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...