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5 days ago · San Pasqual. On 6-7 December 1846, one of the most controversial battles of the Mexican-American War took place at what is now San Diego, CA. It was also one of the few military battles that involved the US Army, Marines, Navy, and civilian volunteers.
- Chris Ellis
- 2020
1 day ago · The Spanish–American War (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
- April 21 – August 13, 1898, (3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
3 days ago · The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War in 1848, ceded 525,000 square miles--55% of--Mexican territory to the United States. In exchange, the United States paid approximately $15 million in damages to pay for destruction of Mexican property by the U.S. military during the war.
5 days ago · Before being replaced by General Arista, General Francisco MejÃa was the commander of the Mexican army at Matamoros, facing the American forces at Fort Texas on the opposite side of the Rio Grande. In this elaborately-worded proclamation, General MejÃa lambastes the Americans for violating Mexico's territorial integrity with the ...
5 days ago · 6 – Mexican-American War (1846 to 1849) The Mexican-American war is one of the most overlooked and yet crucial wars that America ever fought. The origins of the war started in 1836 when Texas ...
23 hours ago · Star of the West. Battle of Fort Sumter. President Lincoln's 75,000 volunteers. v. t. e. The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) against the centralist government of Mexico in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas.
1 day ago · Summary. Daniel Cano is a Mexican American author of three novels, Pepe Rios (1991), Shifting Loyalties (1995), and Death and the American Dream (2009). Among literary critics, Cano is recognized mainly for his second novel. This work loosely reproduces his experiences as a Mexican American who comes from a proud military family, becomes a ...
