Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1899 — The Mexican War. [ARTICLE]

The Mexican War.

The whole number of men in the war with Mexico was 101,282, including regulars and volunteers. The war lasted about two years. Some pretty lively fights were made, notably Resaca de la Palma, Buena Vista and the assaults of Chepultepec and other outworks of the Mexican capital. Yet the casualties were comparatively trifling. Killed in battle, 1,049; died of wounds, 508; total, 1,557. Less by about 100 than the Federal loss at the battle of Chickamauga.