![]() While studies have focused on the lessons Civil War generals like Grant, Lee, Jackson, and McClellan learned on Mexican War battlefields-later implemented during the Civil War-and the friendships forged during the war, a thorough analysis of their emotional responses to death is lacking. ![]() Singletary to call the Mexican War “a roll call of Civil War commanders.” įor dozens of future generals, many serving as junior officers, the Mexican War was a war of firsts: their first exposure to enemy fire the first time they commanded men in action and the first time that they witnessed death on the battlefield and the loss of a comrade. ![]() Lee and Grant were just two of the 336 of 1,008 Civil War generals (33%) who served in the War with Mexico (not including Union brevet brigadier generals), many of which held senior positions in both the Confederate and Union armies. When Lee and Grant met at Appomattox in April 1865, the two adversaries eased the tension by evoking memories of the Mexican War. There is no shortage of connections between the Mexican War (1846-48) and the American Civil War. ![]()
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