In 1847 young Jerry Cameron attaches himself to the Fourth Infantry as General Winfield Scott’s army lands at Vera Cruz. Serving in the naval battery, joining the ranks and marching inland with Second Lieutenant U. S. Grant, he sees the storming of Cerro Gordo and the long advance on Mexico City, where a small American army faces a vast population.
A lively boys’ historical novel of the Mexican War, with the period’s racial attitudes intact. Download the free EPUB.