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Saint Patrick’s Battalion: Why Irish-American Troops Defected to Mexico
The soldiers of Saint Patrick’s Battalion are regarded as national heroes in Mexico and Ireland. M arch 17 is, of course, St.
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Forged by fire, the reinvention and modernization of the U.S. Army in the Civil War.
For 250 years, the US Army has adapted as a living organization composed of operating units and institutional organizations ...
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The Mexican American War
Worth, during the Mexican-American War.1855. Library of Congress ... he sent American troops to Texas in January of 1846 to provoke the Mexicans into war. When the Mexicans fired on American ...
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The Mexican War Dove
The Mexican War, declared on May 12,1846, was political, sectional, imperial. The Southern annexationist wing of President Polk’s Democrats had led the fight to admit Texas as a slave state.
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St. Patrick’s Battalion: What caused them to turn on the U.S. and fight for Mexico?
St. Patrick’s Battalion, a unit of the Mexican Army, was composed mainly of Irish Catholic immigrants who deserted the U.S. Army and fled to Mexico during the war, which lasted from 1846-48.
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Mexican president claps back at Trump, says U.S. should be called "América Mexicana"
Why it matters: The response, using a troubled history of the U.S.-Mexican War in 1846-8, signaled that the Sheinbaum administration would not be intimidated by Trump's antics and threats.
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The Mexican American War
Worth, during the Mexican-American War.1855. Library of Congress ... he sent American troops to Texas in January of 1846 to provoke the Mexicans into war. When the Mexicans fired on American ...