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Excerpt from Roger Sherman Dix, Brevet Lieut. Col. U. S. A: Being a Brief Account of His Public Services and Death From Official and Other Authentic Sources
LL' HE mexican war is now generally viewed in the light of ancient history, yet that period of our National growth, perhaps more than any other, bears a definite relation to present day history yet in the making.
That war and its immediate results gave the United States the geographical predominance in North America out of which has grown virtual overlordship of the Western Hemisphere. The writer is persuaded that the life of a gallant soldier who rendered distinguished service in a critical battle of that war has a definite historical value, and makes no apology for presenting it, save regret for its fragmentary character.
It is hoped that other matter introduced may prove not uninteresting; the more so that writers of United States History, almost without exception, have entirely ignored the first work of internal improvement undertaken by the General Government and have given no account of the terrible Cholera visitations near the middle of the last century.
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