Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna - http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/santaanna.htm
The most famous and infamous Mexican who dominated 19th century Mexican politics and relations with Texas. A series of articles from many sources. |
David Emanuel Twiggs - http://www.aztecclub.com/bios/twiggs.htm
Biography and photo of this U. S. General. |
General Winfield Scott and the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) - http://ngeorgia.com/other/scottinmexico.html
General Winfield Scott defeats a numerically superior Mexican force in a 5 month campaign. Article with a link to a biography. |
Maj. Gen. John Ellis Wool - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/bio196.htm
An 1880 biography of this U.S. General. |
Montgomery County Historical Society: Henry S. Lane - http://www.lane-mchs.org/henrylane.htm
Biography of Henry Smith Lane (1811-1881), early Republican, and commander of the 1st Regiment Indiana Volunteers during the Mexican War. Covers their experience in some detail. |
Samuel Chamberlain's My Confession - A Young Man in the War with Mexico - http://www.tshaonline.org/supsites/chamber/
Samuel Chamberlain. My Confessions - Recollections of a Rogue. An extraordinary first-person account of a young man in the war with Mexico. |
Samuel Ringgold - http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brush/ring.htm
Biography and portrait of the artillery leader who fell at Palo Alto and became a national hero. |
Stephen Watts Kearney - http://bchs.kearney.net/BTales_197901.htm
A short illustrated biography of U.S. Army of the West commander. |
William Jenkins Worth - http://www.aztecclub.com/bios/worth.htm
Biography and photograph from the Aztek Club of this U.S. General. |
Winfield Scott - http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/Scott.html
A brief biography of Scott covering his 50 year military career. |