Episode #134: Franklin Pierce #4: Stumbles in War (1847-1848)

Franklin Pierce #4: Stumbles in War (1847-1848); Topics covered include: Mexican War; role (limited) in Battles at the National Bridge, Contreras, Churubusco, Molina del Rey, and Chapultepec; fall in the Pedregal; illnesses; negotiates and defends initial armistice, and his return home

Key people: Winfield Scott, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Gideon Pillow, George Morgan, Trueman Ransom, William Marcy, and James Polk

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