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 Anecdotes from the Mexican war First issued in 1848 under title: The American gift book; or, Military souvenir "Illustrated with twenty portraits and plates." Bound in leather, with embossed engravings (some in gold) on covers, and gold embossed lettering and engraving on spine Engraved portraits include autographs of those military and naval officers portrayed 18