When the annexation occurred, Mexico broke relations and withdrew its minster from Washington. ... Although the U.S. gained about 1.2 million square miles of land as well as having the Wilmot Proviso outlaw slavery other than where it already was, nearly 13,000 Americans lost their lives and the country invested around $100 billion into the war. ...
According to reports, none of the injured in the first Battle of Bull Run traveled by ambulance to Washington, but some had walked some twenty-seven miles for treatment. ... Fearful that the ambulances, with their supplies, would be captured, King ordered the carriages to return to Washington.1 Those first assigned to remove the wounded were regimental musicians or soldiers who were not good fighters. ... In the Battle of Fair Oaks, it was estimated that more than ten thousand men were lying dead or wounded upon a battlefield scarcely one square mile. ...
Vann Woodward said of the latter group, Perceived insults to Southern collective honor included the enormous popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin However, at least four states – South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas – also passed lengthy and detailed explanations of their causes for secession, all of which laid the blame squarely on the movement to abolish slavery and that movement's influence over the politics of the northern states. ...
Vann Woodward said of the latter group, "Perceived insults to Southern collective honor included the enormous popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin However, at least four states – South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas – also passed lengthy and detailed explanations of their causes for secession, all of which laid the blame squarely on the movement to abolish slavery and that movement's influence over the politics of the northern states. ...
