Soldiers of Conquest

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With a long list of stirring novels, F. M. Parker has won acclaim as a spellbinder. Soldiers Of Conquest has received high praise from Booklist and Publisher's Weekly.American-Mexican War 1846 -1848.President Polk, desiring to expand the United States to the Pacific Ocean, orders General Zachary Taylor with his army to the Rio Grande on the Mexican border. Mexico controlled much of the western land, including California. Among the men is Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant. Taylor invades Mexico and defeats the Mexican Army in three hard fought battles. When the Mexicans won't sign a treaty with the US, President Polk orders General Winfield Scott to invade Mexico at Veracruz and march inland and capture Mexico City.General Scott arrives at Veracruz with 100 ships crowded with 9,000 soldiers and the holds crammed with cannons, muskets and cavalry mounts. Among the soldiers were Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant and Captain Robert E. Lee.Grant was 24 years old, a smallish fellow...