Sources
Sources
The following two books were my primary sources for the narrative of the Conquest:
| Janin, Hunt and Carlson, Ursula, The California Campaigns of the U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-1848, McFarland and Company, 2015
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| Harlow, Neal, California Conquered: The Annexation of a Mexican Province, 1846-1850, University of California Press, 1989. |
I referred to the following two books for additional background:
| Griswold del Castillo, Richard, The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, A Legacy of Conflict, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1990.
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| Guardino, Peter, The Dead March, A History of the Mexican-American War, Harvard University Press, 2017 |
I consulted the following two general histories of California:
| Rawls, James J. and Bean, Walton (late), California: An Interpretive History, Ninth Edition, McGraw-Hill Companies Higher Education, Boston, 2008.
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| Starr, Kevin, California, A History, Random House, New York, esp. Chapter 3 (pp. 45-70), 2015. |
The following on-line sources provide specific information about battles and sites, respectively:
| History of Battles | |
| https://www.militarymuseum.org/History%20Mex%20War.html | |
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Historical Marker Database |
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| Mexican-American War Topic
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| https://www.hmdb.org/Results.asp?Search=Topic&CategoryID=47 | |
I consulted numerous websites of state and local park systems, local history enthusiasts for information regarding specific sites or markers.
