The training ground : Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-430) and index.

Nearly all of the Civil War's greatest soldiers were forged in the heat of Vera Cruz and Monterrey. The Mexican War has faded from our national memory, but it was a struggle of enormous significance: it was the first U.S war waged on foreign soil; and it nearly doubled our nation's land area. At this fascinating juncture of American history, a group of young men came together to fight as friends, only years later to fight as enemies. This is their story.--From publisher description.