USMA Library Special Collections & Archives

USMA Library’s Special Collections and Archives Staff hosted an exhibit on the Mexican American War and the Punitive Expedition for the 185 Cadets enrolled in EN302S (Advanced Composition through Culture--Mexico). The exhibit contained archived letters, memoirs, and photographs from our military encounters with Mexico, to include hand-drawn maps from the Mexican American War, personal letters from Lieutenant Patton, first-hand accounts of West Point graduates as they pursued Pancho Villa, and several other artifacts. This display allowed cadets to witness the military tradition of wartime correspondence and journaling.