Pennsylvania in the War With Mexico: The Volunteer Regiments

The Mexican War of 1846-48 was a major event in American history, resulting in the acquisition of what is now all or part of seven states of the United States. More land, wealth, and diverse cultures all became part of the growing nation. Yet only with the publication of Randy Hackenburg's encyclopedic study of Pennsylvania in the War with Mexico, have we been able to understand what that war meant to the soldiers and people of a state heavily involved in it.
Hackenburg describes not only the classic battles such as Vera Cruz and Chapultepec where the soldiers fought, but also their training, camp life, reaction to the different culture in which they were suddenly placed, and their treatment by the Army and civilians, both Mexican and American.
This book recounts the history of Pennsylvania's two volunteer infantry regiments from the first call for troops until their muster out of service. An impressive array of published and unpublished--official and unofficial--sources helps make this history both interesting and accurate. It lays to rest numerous incorrect accounts which have been accepted as truthful for several generations. A collection of official documents printed in their entirety provides additional insight.
Pennsylvania in the War with Mexico is of great research value for genealogists with its complete annotated rosters of both regiments. Its approximately 80 photographs and maps showing uniforms and equipment as well as the everyday lives of the men and women involved make this book a reference work for students of military uniforms, and of importance to all interested in nineteenth century American military history.