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<dl><dd>General Taylor -- General Taylor at Fort Okee-chobee -- Gallant action of Captain Thornton on the Rio Grande -- Battle of Palo Alto -- Battle of Resaca de la Palma -- Matamoras, on the night of May 9th, 1846 -- Palo Alto and Resaca -- Colonel May -- Death of Major Ringgold -- Reflections on Mexico -- Resaca de la Palma -- Brigadier General Worth -- General Worth at Monterey -- Monterey -- Fall of Colonel Watson at the storming of Monterey -- Army scenes in Mexico -- The city of Monterey -- Graphic account of the battle of Buena Vista -- The Mississippians -- General Wool -- The Kentuckians at Buena Vista -- Buena Vista / by Capt. A. Pike -- The death of Colonel Yell -- General Taylor at Buena Vista -- General Twiggs -- Captains O'Brien and Bragg at Buena Vista -- The field of Buena Vista -- General Taylor's visit to Arista's hacienda -- Old Tom, Colonel May's war horse -- An incident of the battle field -- Rio Bravo, a Mexican lament -- Kit Carson -- Vera Cruz -- Bombardment of Vera Cruz -- Capitulation of Vera Cruz -- Applying to the boss -- General Scott -- Remember the Alamo -- Slavery in Mexico -- Fire away! -- The battle of Cerro Gordo -- The friar Jarauta -- The two Pollies -- Colonel Doniphan's march -- The Rio Grande -- The prisoners of Encarnacion -- Capture of Tabasco -- War -- The battle of Huajutla -- A soldier's letter to his mother -- General Lane's description of the battle of Buena Vista -- Affecting incident</dd>
<dd>Anecdotes from the Mexican war</dd>
<dd>First issued in 1848 under title: The American gift book; or, Military souvenir</dd>
<dd>"Illustrated with twenty portraits and plates."</dd>
<dd>Bound in leather, with embossed engravings (some in gold) on covers, and gold embossed lettering and engraving on spine</dd>
<dd>Engraved portraits include autographs of those military and naval officers portrayed</dd>
<dd>18</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Mexican War, 1846-1848; Mexican War, 1846-1848</div>
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