Guns, Grit and Glory
Subtitle: How the US and Mexico came together to defeat the last Empire in the Americas
Publisher: Henselstone Verlag LLC
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Amissville, Virginia, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780996955485
Copyright date: 2020
Description: This is the story of valiant volunteers who fought for Mexico against all odds to help defeat the last empire of the Americas.
Notes: France invaded Mexico in 1861 on the pretext of collecting past-due debts. Their armies overran the country as Napoleon III imposed a new emperor, Austrian nobleman Maximilian, upon Mexico. The United States, busy with its Civil War, couldn’t provide much help. But following the surrender of the Confederacy in 1865, ex-Union soldiers, including members of the US colored troops, volunteered to help Mexico fight the invaders. President Benito Juárez personally commissioned the American Legion of Honor, while Mexico’s ambassador to the United States, Matías Romero, raised millions of dollars by selling Mexican bonds. Using advanced weaponry from the US, the ragtag Mexican guerrilla army became a formidable military force by 1867. Follow the tale of valiant volunteers who fought for Mexico against all odds to help defeat the last empire of the Americas.
Table of contents: label: Timeline of Events in US and Mexico 1846-1867
title: iii; label: Preface
title: ix; label: Chapter One: Winter of Our Discontent
title: 1; label: Chapter Two: “Allons Enfants de la Patrie!”
title: 13; label: Chapter Three: “There is a Tide in the Affairs of Men…”
title: 23; label: Chapter Four: The United States Colored Troops (USCT)
title: 35; label: Chapter Five: The Union Leagues 1863-67
title: 41; label: Chapter Six: Leaders, Hustlers, and Idealists
title: 51; label: Chapter Seven: The Weapons of the French Intervention
title: 93; label: Chapter Eight: The Monroe Doctrine and the Societies that Promoted It
title: 109; label: Chapter Nine: The American Legion of Honor
title: 115; label: Chapter Ten: Republicans Rise Again
title: 121; label: Chapter Eleven: The US Navy in the Gulf of Mexico
title: 129; label: Chapter Twelve: The American Volunteers in Battle
title: 137; label: Chapter Thirteen: The Battle of Querétaro
title: 145; label: Chapter Fourteen: The Woman Who Kissed Lincoln
title: 155; label: Chapter Fifteen: Siege of the Capital and the Legion’s Role
title: 161; label: Chapter Sixteen: The High Price of Freedom
title: 169; label: Chapter Seventeen: Unwept, Unhonored, and Unsung
title: 173; label: Chapter Eighteen: Uncomfortable Truths
title: 183; label: Acknowledgments
title: 191; label: Table of Maps
title: 193; label: Table of Figures
title: 195; title: Appendix: A Section of Statistics, Original Letters,; label: and Contemporary News Accounts
title: 201; label: Bibliography
title: 225; label: Index
title: 251