In the month of May, two key anniversaries that spurred the Civil War into motion occurred between the United States and Mexico over a conflict that centered on Texas. The Mexican-American War ...

At the Battle of San Jacinto, Texas, revolutionaries faced Mexican Gen. Santa Anna and his men in a fight that not only secured Texas independence but lived on in glory. Nearly 200 years later ...

Mexico also agreed to finally relinquish all of Texas, including the disputed area along the border. The U.S. Congress approved the treaty on March 10. Although the Mexican War had been won ...

The Mexican war (TIME, Dec. 17 et seq ... which can be termed the Texas Affair, and one on the Rebel side which can be named the Tampico Affair. Texas Affair. President Obregon applied to ...