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The Mexican-American War 1846-48

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Mexican-American War 1846-48
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Philip Katcher
Illustrated by Gerry Embleton
SeriesMen-at-Arms
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:48
Dimensions(mm): Height 248,Width 184
ISBN/Barcode 9780850452532
ClassificationsDewey:973.62
Audience
General
Illustrations 50 b/w; 8 col

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Publication Date 25 May 1989
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'There never was so fine an American army,' wrote second-lieutenant, John Sedgwick, in describing the troops under Major-General Zachary Taylor in 1846. Another then second-lieutenant, destined to see many more armies; U.S. Grant, also thought highly of them: 'The rank and file were probably inferior ... to the volunteers that participated in all the later battles of the war; but they were brave men, and then drill and discipline brought out all there was in them.' Philip Katcher writes the story of the regulars and volunteers who fought in the Mexican-American War, detailing the infantry, cavalry, artillery and staff of both the American and Mexican armies.

Author Biography

Phililp Katcher lives and works in Pennsylvania USA, and has written over 20 titles in the Men-at-Arms Series including the highly successful five-volume set on Armies of the American Civil War. Gerry Embleton has been a leading historical illustrator since the early 1970s specialising in the 18th and 19th centuries. An illustrator, and author, of a number of Osprey titles he has lived in Switzerland since the early 1980s.