Learn how the Mexican-American War reshaped North America in this concise 16-minute explainer. From political tensions to pivotal battles and lasting consequences, this video unpacks one of the most ...

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 ...

In the month of May, two key anniversaries that spurred the Civil War into motion occurred between the United States and Mexico over a conflict that centered on Texas. The Mexican-American War ...

Before James Nagle was a general in the Civil War, he led a company of Pennsylvania volunteers to Mexico City during the Mexican-American War in 1846-48. There, Nagle befriended a young Mexican boy, ...

Describing the boundary disputes of Texas during the final days of the Mexican-American War, this letter sent to ... and Dimmit’s post was raided by Mexican cavalry in 1841.

The history of the Mexican American War should serve as a cautionary tale for rightwing U.S. politicians who are scare-mongering about the border and advocating for military strikes in Mexico.

El batallón de San Patricio, defectors from the U.S. Army, stood in solidarity with Mexico during the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. Nearly 180 years later, historians, scholars and writers ...