To fight Mexico, the United States had to mobilize, equip, and transport a large force, including both army and navy ...

America went to war against Spain to free Cuba from Spanish domination. But the war provided the United States an opportunity ...

Worth, during the Mexican-American War.1855. Library of Congress. In 1844, President James K. Polk ran on a Democratic platform that supported manifest destiny, the idea that Americans were ...

Special to The New York Times. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view the ...

The book, subtitled "The Whaleship Stonington in the Mexican-American War" (Globe Pequot Press ... based in New London that in 1846 was ordered into the service of the U.S. Navy off the coast of ...