Trailing Clouds of Glory: Zachary Taylor's Mexican War Campaign and His Emerging Civil War Leaders

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Copyright © 2010 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: Caslon ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lewis, Felice Flanery. Trailing clouds of glory : Zachary Taylor’s Mexican War campaign and his emerging Civil War leaders / Felice Flanery Lewis. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8173-1678-5 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8173-8332-9 (electronic) 1.Taylor, Zachary, 1784–1850—Military leadership. 2. Mexican War, 1846–1848—Campaigns. 3. United States. Army—History—Mexican War, 1846–1848 4. Generals—United States—Biography. 5. United States. Army—Biography. 6. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865— Biography. I.Title. E405.1.L49 2010 973.6'3092—dc22 2009030307 For Fran, Lowell, Suzanne, and Galen ...