The Mexican-American War Experiences of Twelve Civil War Generals

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The Mexican-American War Experiences of Twelve Civil War Generals is written by Timothy D. Johnson and published by LSU Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0807183288 (ISBN 10) and 9780807183281 (ISBN 13).

Long overshadowed by the American Civil War, the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) has received significantly less attention from historians partly because of its questionable origin and controversial outcome. Rather than treat the conflict with a form of historical amnesia, the contributors to this volume argue that the Mexican-American War was a formative experience for the more than three hundred future Civil War generals who served in it as lower-grade officers. The Mexican War was the first combat experience for many of them, a laboratory that equipped a generation of young officers with practical lessons in strategy, tactics, logistics, and interpersonal relationships that they would use later to command forces during the Civil War.