Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 12/21/2010
To fight Mexico, the United States had to mobilize, equip, and transport a large force, including both army and navy components. President James Polk planned a complex campaign. He sent one army under Stephen Kearny to capture New Mexico and then march on to California. Commodore John D. Sloat assaulted California from the sea...
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This uniform coat would have been worn by a lieutenant in the Artillery of the Mexican army.
sailor, territorial expansion, Manifest Destiny, California, military history, navy, westward expansion, 1840s, maritime history, War with Mexico, naval warfare, Mexican-American War, Mexican american war, Naval History, 1840s, Mexico, Mexican history, uniform, Mexican War, costume