The war was due to a dispute over the territory
between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers in April 1846. The conflict was
resolved with the
Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1849), whereby Mexico ceded California and New
Mexico to the United States.
ABOUT THE WAR
Battalion of Georgia Volunteers for the war (5 companies) July 1847 to July 1848 Battalion of Georgia Mounted Volunteers for the war (6 companies) September 1847 to July 1848 |
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Types
of records
available for the Mexican War Veterans
Applying for pensions for the Mexican War Published Resource: Index to Mexican War Pension Files by Virgil D. White. (Waynesboro, 1989). Newspaper accounts give company officers, battles, letters from the front, as well as deaths and wounded. Aztec Club of 1847 - Military Society of the Mexican War Searchable Data Base for Officers The Descendants of Mexican War Veterans |