He ended the war as a brigadier general , after having enlisted as a private and being promoted to colonel,
Pierce served as a brigadier general in the Mexican War.
Pierce served as a brigadier general in the Mexican War.
Franklin Pierce fought in the Mexican War from 1846 to 1848. Pierce served with some distinction, rising to the rank of brigadier general.
during the Mexican war
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!He fought in the Mexican American War.
Pierce enlisted in the army in May 1846 and resigned from the army in 1848 in order to fight in the Mexican War.
Pierce's Whig opponent in 1852 was Mexican War hero, General Winfield Scott from New Jersey.
Davis was Secretary of War for President Franklin Pierce
Yes. Franklin Pierce kept a war diary.
Davis was Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce
Three. Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, US Grant. In addition, the future Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, also served in Mexico.