Grade Range: 2-12Resource Type(s): Interactives & Media, Primary SourceDuration: 2 MinutesDate Posted: 6/15/2010
George Ballentine, a British volunteer in the United States Army during the Mexican War, tells of fighting at Cerro Gordo.
This video is part of the Price of Freedom learning resources package for use with the Conflicting Voices of the Mexican War lesson plan. It was produced to accompany the exhibition The Price of Freedom: Americans at War, by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education
This lithograph illustrates the chaos and conflict engulfing northern Mexico during the years of ...
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