Table of Contents

Author's Note
Appomattox
Prologue
Book One: Line in the Sand
One: Corpus Christi
Two: Rio Grande
Three: Rough and Ready
Four: Fields of Fire
Five: Call to Battle
Six: Fort Texas
Seven: Clash
Eight: Resaca de la Palma
Nine: Brown Bess
Ten: Volunteers
Eleven: Growing Up
Book Two: Taylor's War
Twelve: Camargo
Thirteen: Star-Spangled Banner
Fourteen: Eager for Action
Fifteen: First Mississippi
Sixteen: The Westerner
Seventeen: The Rifles
Eighteen: Supply Train
Nineteen: Prelude
Twenty: Monterrey, Day One
Twenty-One: Monterrey, Day Two
Twenty-Two: The Mortar
Book Three: Politics and War
Twenty-Three: Change of Command
Twenty-Four: The Perils of Occupation
Twenty-Five: Policy and Power
Book Four: Scott's War
Twenty-Six: Transfers
Twenty-Seven: The Artillery Officer
Twenty-Eight: One Step Closer
Twenty-Nine: California
Thirty: Taylor Stands Alone
Thirty-One: The Hacienda
Thirty-Two: Lobos Island
Thirty-Three: Invasion
Thirty-Four: National Road
Thirty-Five: Twiggs's Dilemma
Thirty-Six: Reconnaissance
Thirty-Seven: Pressing the Advantage
Book Five: The Aztec Club
Thirty-Eight: "Nothing Can Stop This Army"
Thirty-Nine: Old Glory
Forty: Conquest
Forty-One: Fourth of July
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Selected Notes and Biographies
Selected Bibliography
Index