Gone for Soldiers

Gone for Soldiers is a

Battle of Vera Cruz and follows Winfield Scott and his army as they march toward Mexico City, including the Battle of Cerro Gordo and culminating in the Battle of Chapultepec

and the fall of Mexico City.

Style

Most of the story is told from the perspective of two men,

Gideon Pillow, and David E. Twiggs, portraying them as mostly incompetent soldiers, who were little more than political appointees, while the true heroes were the lower-ranking graduates of the United States Military Academy

. This idealistic portrayal of the younger officers as they rose to prominence gives little indication that with just a few years they would meet again on the battlefield in the Civil War.

Notes

ISBN 978-0-8071-3123-7
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Novels by Jeff Shaara
American Revolution novels

Rise to Rebellion (2001)

The Glorious Cause
(2002)

US-Mexican War

Gone for Soldiers (2000)

Civil War novels (Eastern Theater trilogy)

Gods and Generals (1996)

The Last Full Measure (1998)

Civil War novels (Western Theater tetralogy)

A Blaze of Glory
(2012)

A Chain of Thunder
(2013)

The Smoke at Dawn
(2014)

The Fateful Lightning
(2015)

World War I novels

To the Last Man
(2004)

World War II novels

The Rising Tide (2006)

The Steel Wave (2008)

No Less Than Victory (2009)

The Final Storm
(2011)

Korean War novel

The Frozen Hours
(2017)

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[1] ISBN 978-0-8071-3123-7
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