Trailing clouds of glory
Subtitle: Zachary Taylor's Mexican War campaign and his emerging Civil War leaders
By: Felice Flanery Lewis.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780817316785; 9780817383329
Subjects: Taylor, Zachary, -- 1784-1850 -- Military leadership; United States. -- Army -- History -- Mexican War, 1846-1848; United States. -- Army -- Biography; Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Campaigns; Generals -- United States -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Taylor's Corps of Observation; title: Taylor's army of occupation at Corpus Christi; title: Encounters with "the enemy" : Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande; title: The ambush : "Hostilities may now be considered as commenced"; title: Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Fort Brown; title: Occupation of Matamoros, Reynosa, Camargo, and Mier; title: March to Monterrey; title: Battle of Monterrey; title: Captain Robert E. Lee joins General Wool's march into Mexico; title: Taylor's changing army and the occupation of Saltillo; title: Battle of Buena Vista; title: Last days of Taylor's army of occupation; title: Appendix: Future Civil War leaders in Taylor's army.