%0 Book
%T Trailing clouds of glory: Zachary Taylor's Mexican War campaign and his emerging Civil War leaders
%A Lewis, Felice Flanery
%D 2010
%I Univ. of Alabama Press
%C Tuscaloosa, Ala.
%@ 9780817316785
%G English
%F 606572090
%O Felice Flanery Lewis
%O Includes bibliographical references and index
%X Taylor's Corps of Observation -- Taylor's army of occupation at Corpus Christi -- Encounters with "the enemy" : Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande -- The ambush : "Hostilities may now be considered as commenced" -- Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Fort Brown -- Occupation of Matamoros, Reynosa, Camargo, and Mier -- March to Monterrey -- Battle of Monterrey -- Captain Robert E. Lee joins General Wool's march into Mexico -- Taylor's changing army and the occupation of Saltillo -- Battle of Buena Vista -- Last days of Taylor's army of occupation -- Appendix: Future Civil War leaders in Taylor's army
%L 973.6/3092
%K Military leadership
%K History
%K Generals
%K United States
%K Mexican War, 1846-1848
%K Campaigns
%9 Text