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Mexican-American War

The Mexican–American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas. Mexico claimed ownership of Texas as a breakaway province and refused to recognize the secession and subsequent military victory by Texas in 1836.

In the U.S. the conflict is often referred to simply as the Mexican War and infrequently as the U.S.–Mexican War. In Mexico, terms for it include (primera) intervenciÃƒÂ³n estadounidense en MÃƒÂ©xico ((first) American intervention in Mexico), invasiÃƒÂ³n estadounidense de MÃƒÂ©xico (American Invasion of Mexico), and Guerra del 47 (The War of '47).

The most important consequences of the war for the United States were the Mexican terms of surrender under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in which the Mexican territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo MÃƒÂ©xico were ceded to the United States. In Mexico, the enormous loss of territory following the war encouraged its government to enact policies to colonize its remaining northern territories as a hedge against further losses. In addition the Rio Grande became the boundary between Texas and Mexico, and Mexico never again claimed ownership of Texas.

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‘C’ Co. 1st US Dragoons (USA)

C company, 1st. US Dragoons also has troops in the East. We are spread out just as the old unit was. Our blacksmith (Tim Shedenhelm) is in Ohio, while our 1st. Sgt. (Tim Madigan is in Maine. Our Capt. (Tom Aycock) is currently in Pennsylvania, Trooper Kurt Kilponnen resides in Alabama.

As thin as we are, we try to make as many events as possible to “show the guidon”
Among the events we do are the yearly encampments at James K. Polk’s birthplace in Pineville, North Carolina in conjunction with the 12th. US Infantry and the 3rd. Dragoons. October finds us in Elmira, New York at their timeline. We have also been to the timeline in New Hampshire at “The Fort at Number Four” We have done demonstrations at Carlisle Barracks in Pennsylvania, at the Army War College and at Harper’s Ferry in West Virginia.

It is, if anything, more interesting back here than in the West. Except for Polk’s Birthplace, most of the spectators have no idea who or what we are. We have been mistaken for everything from Civil War Militia to Cossacks!

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