MEXICAN WAR (1845-46)

The war was due to a dispute over the territory between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers in April 1846.
The conflict was resolved with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1849), whereby Mexico ceded California and New Mexico to the United States.

ABOUT THE WAR

  •     A review of the causes and consequences of the Mexican war. By William Jay. Pub. 1853. Making  of America
  •       U.S.- Mexican War- Excellent Site!  (Descendants of Mexican War Veterans )
  •      The Mexican War, from Texas Trails

  • GEORGIA  TROOPS:

  • 1st Regiment of Georgia Volunteers for 12 months June 1846 to May 1847
  • Battalion of Georgia Volunteers for the war (5 companies) July 1847 to July 1848
  • Battalion of Georgia Mounted Volunteers for the war (6 companies) September 1847 to July 1848
  • White, Rev. George. Historical Collections of Georgia (1854), pp.115-120. First Regiment of Georgia   Volunteers Only.
  • Names of Officers and Privates . Making of America- online book -INDEXED
  • HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE GEORGIA NATIONAL GUARD

  • RESOURCES

  • Types of records available for the Mexican War Veterans
  • Applying for pensions for the Mexican War
  • Published Resource: Index to Mexican War Pension Files by Virgil D. White. (Waynesboro, 1989).
  • Newspaper accounts give company officers, battles, letters from the front, as well as deaths and wounded.
  • Aztec Club of 1847 - Military Society of the Mexican War Searchable Data Base for Officers
  • The Descendants of Mexican War Veterans
  • Mexico City National Cemetery

  • Was your Twiggs County ancestory in the Mexican War? Email me.






     Eileen B. McAdams Copyright 2004