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The admission of Texas to statehood led to
contributing sparks that set off the conflict. There was a
great desire by President Polk at the time of the conflict
to continue expansion of the United States. Mexico had
claims to what is now California, Nevada, Utah and parts of
New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming. There were about
116,000 individuals who served in this war.
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Descendants of Mexican War Veterans. We are the
descendants of both regular and volunteer officers,
enlisted men, and civilian employees of the United
States government. Since 1989, more than 500
individuals, scattered across the United States, Canada
and Mexico, have been issued a membership certificate.
Currently, about a fifth of this number are active in
the society.
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Mexican War Soldiers. Library of Virginia's list of
Virginia soldiers in Mexican War..
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Missouri State Archives' Soldiers Database. The
Missouri State Archives holds nearly 1½ million pages
that document the service of Missourians in domestic and
foreign wars between 1812 and World War I. These
military records primarily consist of individual service
cards, but the extensive collection also includes muster
rolls, special orders, reports, and more. The
Soldiers Database is a comprehensive database
abstracted from the individual service cards and listing
more than 576,000 Missourians who served in the military
from territorial times through World War I. It includes
entries for twelve wars and military engagements in
which Missouri soldiers took part. These range from
well-known wars, such as the War of 1812, the Mexican
War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I, to the
battles that were peculiarly Missourian, including the
Heatherly War of 1836, the Mormon War of 1838, and the
Iowa (Honey) War of 1839. The bulk of the service cards,
over 380,000 of them, record the fractured history of
Missouri during the bloodiest of all American wars - the
Civil War.
- National Archives and Records Administration. NARA
has a 41 role series called Index to Compiled Service
Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the
Mexican War. There is also a 14 roll index to
Mexican War Pension Files 1887-1926. Land Bounty Records
are also available to review as land bounties were
awarded in the amount of 160 acres for service during
the war. The land was often not taken by the veteran,
but rights to the land were sold or Treasury scripts
were given to the veteran in lieu of the land with a
value of $100.
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Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935
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