Determined to acquire the land, he sent American troops to Texas in January of 1846 to provoke the Mexicans into war. When the Mexicans fired on American troops in April 25, 1846, Polk had the ...

Sure, one can be entertained by the uniforms, weapons, maps and so forth, ... They cover the basic contours of the Mexican-American War, which started in 1846 after 30 years of regional chaos.

Most of these weapons are being smuggled from Central American countries or by sea, eluding U.S. and Mexican monitors who are focused on the smuggling of semiauto- matic and conventional weapons ...

MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR. Many of the 10,000 people living in Cleveland in 1846, and citizens of northern Ohio generally, were not inclined to support the objectives of the U.S. in the War with Mexico or ...

A Mexican general holds up a seized American .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifle in Mexico City in 2009. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP) After years and years of bloodshed, Mexico’s drug war shows no signs of ...

Mexican cartels wielding American weapons. With violence raging, authorities struggle to keep firearms sold by U.S. retailers out of the hands of drug gangs. December 13, 2010 More than 14 years ago.

The Mexican-American War: Photos from the 1800s show a young nation's conflict Prominent American Civil War Generals Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and Stonewall Jackson were among those who ...

Also known as "Mr. Polk's War," the Mexican-American War lasted from 1846 to 1848, resulting in Mexico losing more than half its territories to the United States.

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- The Mexican-American War and the Battle for Monterrey are, in part, the reason Tennessee is called the "Volunteer State." The state's nickname is derived from the ...