Winfield Scott Hancock is the best known of those ... He served with distinction in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War (a key figure in the Union victory at Gettysburg), and, like Slemmer ...

Memorial Day is a time set aside to honor and remember the long line of Americans who served in the country’s armed services, ...

The Mexican Baseball League was born a century ... U.S. Army forces under General Winfield Scott and Captain Robert E. Lee had defeated troops led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna ...

Winfield Scott stormed Chapultepec Castle ... this monument commemorates the Mexican lives lost in the Mexican-American War. The six cadets are represented by towering pillars, each crowned ...

Polk and his cabinet secretaries conceptualized the most important decision of the war. Echoing the assertion ... and presidential aspirant, Winfield Scott, to plan, resource, and implement ...

The Mexican government of President Claudia ... the United States launched a war on Mexico in 1846. General Winfield Scott landed at Veracruz, captured key cities and marched into Mexico City ...

This was never truer than in the post Mexican American War (1846-1848 ... he received from the commanding general of the Army, Winfield Scott, Lincoln decided to keep the Regular Army, and ...

President Donald Trump’s shook the military, rattled foreign allies and made headlines worldwide when he fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the head of the Navy and other top ...

Winfield Scott, commanding general of the Army during the Mexican War. “Hearing Gen. Valencia was at a distant hacienda, and by riding hard at night, (Wynkoop) succeeded in capturing the general ...

Mexican-American War, Civil War Often overlooked by other names on this list, Winfield Scott is nothing less than one of the greatest generals in American history. Having fought in three wars ...