The March of Empire

Comprised of the frontier military and the Indian conflicts of the southwest preceding the Civil War. The conflicts and eventual peace. Well researched and written. “Between 1845 and 1848 the United States came into possession of a princely domain. During that short period of time it acquired Texas, the Oregon country, and the Mexican Cession—more than a million square miles of territory—and thereby virtually established its present western and southern boundaries. Then came the discovery of gol