The US was not at war while Pierce was the President. Pierce saw action in the Mexican War and served in the army until the war ended before he was president
Yes. Franklin Pierce kept a war diary.
Franklin Pierce fought in the Mexican War from 1846 to 1848. Pierce served with some distinction, rising to the rank of brigadier general.
Pierce served as a brigadier general in the Mexican War.
Pierce served as a brigadier general in the Mexican War.
No. In fact, Pierce was opposed to the war.
Heavens, no. He was Secretary of War in the administration of the 14th US president, Franklin Pierce, but not in Lincolns cabinet.
He practiced law when he was not at war or serving in Washington.
during the Mexican war
No.
The bloody Crimean War was going on in Europe while Pierce was President.
Pierce had a successful war record- he rose from colonel to brigadier general.
Pierce enlisted in the army in May 1846 and resigned from the army in 1848 in order to fight in the Mexican War.