The Mexican War diary and correspondence of George B. McClellan

"War at last sure enough!" : West Point, 18 March 1846-22 September 1846

"I would not have missed coming here for anything" : from West Point to Victoria, 8 October 1846-20 December 1846

"A perfect desert from beginning to end" : Victoria to Tampico, 2 January 1847-5 March 1847

"We had done more than all the rest" : Vera Cruz, 9 March 1847-2 April 1847

"Nothing seemed to them too bold" : Cerro Gordo to Mexico City, 26 March 1847-30 May 1847

"No one can say 'Poor Mac' over me" : Mexico City, 24 October 1847-6 June 1848

"The Engineer Company is destroyed" : West Point, 23 June 1848-22 September 1849

Afterword

Glossary of military engineering terms.