Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war

"Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war" by Gustavus Woodson Smith gives readers a picture of what the engineers did in the Mexican War, with particular attention given to the march from Vera Cruz to Mexico City. The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the Intervención estadounidense en México, was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It's thought of by many to be a pre-cursor to the American Civil War.