The Mexican American War Photo Gallery | History In A Nutshell

This photo gallery contains the following images:

  • Map of U.S. in 1845, before outbreak of Mexican-American War

  • President James K. Polk

  • General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

  • General Zachary Taylor

  • General Winfield Scott

  • Brigadier General Stephen W. Kearny

  • The Thorton Affair/The Thornton Skirmish

  • Battle of Palo Alto

  • Battle of Resaca de la Palma

  • Mexican President Mariano Paredes

  • Battle of Monterrey

  • Mexican General Pedro de Ampudia

  • Generals Taylor and de Ampudia negotiate truce after Battle of Monterrey

  • The Mexican-American War was the first conflict to have an anti-war movement

  • Battle of Buena Vista

  • Siege of Veracruz

  • The fortress of San Juan de Ulua, Veracruz, Mexico

  • Battle of Churubusco

  • San Patricios – St. Patrick’s Battalion

  • Battle of Chapultepec

  • Los Niños Héroes

  • General Scott marches into Mexico City

  • Nicholas Trist

  • Mexican President José Manuel de la Peña y Peña

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  • Sword of Second Lieutenant Michael R. Clark

  • Silver Medals of Thomas N. Brown and William B. Galphin

  • Lieutenant James Willis Cantey’s S.C. Militia Helmet

  • Lieutenant James Willis Cantey’s Gold Medal

  • The Palmetto Regiment

  • U.S. Model 1833 Infantry Uniform with Palmetto Belt Buckle

  • Mexican Officer’s Belt Buckle

  • U.S. Army Model 1839 Forage Cap

  • Model 1841 Mississippi Rifle

  • U.S. Model 1842 Percussion Martial Pistol .54 Caliber

  • Coehorn Mortar

  • Palmetto Regiment Monument – S.C. State House Grounds

  • Blood-stained scarf of Private Thomas Tillman – Brother of “Pitchfork” Benjamin Tillman

  • Second Lieutenant James Willis Cantey

  • Silver Medal awarded to Private Wylie R. Coleman – Palmetto Regiment, Company B.

  • Daguerreotype of Daniel Morgan

  • U.S. Model 1826 Flintlock Musket, .69 Caliber

  • Palmetto Regiment Flag

  • Daguerreotype of Lieutenant Michael R. Clark in Mexican War Uniform

  • Elegy in Memory of Abraham Doity Richardson, Company G., Palmetto Regiment

  • Governor Pierce Mason Butler – Commander of the Palmetto Regiment. Died of his wounds at Battle of Churubusco.