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.