
NAVAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHIES, NO. 1
NAVAL HISTORY BY PERIOD
Mexican War
Bauer, Karl J. Surfboats and Horse Marines: U.S. Naval Operations
in the Mexican War, 1846-48. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute,
1969. 291 pp.
-----. The Mexican War, 1846-1848. New York: Macmillan,
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Conner, Philip S. The Home Squadron Under Commodore Conner
in the War With Mexico. Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1896.
83 pp.
Craven, Tunis A. M. A Naval Campaign in the Californias, 1846-1849:
The Journal of Lieutenant Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven, U.S.N.,
United States Sloop of War, Dale. Edited by John H. Kemble.
San Francisco: Book Club of Calif., 1973. 124 pp.
Duvall, Marius. A Navy Surgeon in California, 1846-1847: The
Journal of Marius Duvall. Edited by Fred B. Duvall. John Howell
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Howell, 1957. 114 pp.
Harlow, Neal. California Conquered: War and Peace on the Pacific,
1846-1850. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1982. 499
pp.
Henry, Robert S. The Story of the Mexican War. Indianapolis:
Bobbs-Merrill, 1950. 424 pp. (Reprinted 1960 by Ungar).
Knox, Dudley W. Naval Sketches of the War in California.
New York: Random House, 1939. 39 pp.
Colored reproductions of twenty-seven contemporary watercolor sketches by Gunner Wm. H. Meyers, USN, in USS Dale; descriptive text by Commodore Knox.
McClellan, Edwin N. "Conquest of California." Marine
Corps Gazette 8 (1923): 177-211.
Meissner, Mme. Sophie (Radford) de. Old Naval Days: Sketches
From the Life of Rear Admiral William Radford, USN. New York:
Holt, 1920. 389 pp.
Scheina, Robert L. "The Forgotten Fleet: The Mexican Navy
on the Eve of War, 1845." American Neptune 30 (January
1970): 46-55.
Schroeder, John H. Shaping a Maritime Empire: The Commercial
and Diplomatic Role of the American Navy, 1829-1861. Westport,
Conn.: Greenwood, 1985. 229 pp.
Semmes, Raphael. Service Afloat and Ashore During the Mexican
War. Cincinnati: W. H. Moore, 1851. 480 pp.
Smith, Justin H. The War With Mexico. New York: Macmillan,
1919. 2 vols. (Reprinted 1963 by Peter Smith).
U.S. Congress. House. Mexican War Correspondence. 30th
Cong., 1st sess., House Exec. Doc. No. 60. Washington: Wendell
& Van Benthuysen, 1848. 1277 pp.
-----. Reports and Despatches Exhibiting the Operations of
U.S. Naval Forces During the War With Mexico. 30th Cong.,
2d sess., House Exec. Doc. No. 1, 1006-1237. Washington: Wendel
& Van Benthuysen, 1848.