I am currently reading primary source books on the Mexican-American War, and may add information to relevant articles as I progress through my readings. Feel free to challenge the edits that I make, but at least tell me where you got the information from and why that information is more accurate.
Bibliography
editCooke, Philip St. George (1964). The Conquest of New Mexico and California, an Historical and Personal Narrative. Albuquerque, NM: Horn and Wallace.
Turner, Henry Smith (1966). The original journals of Henry Smith Turner with Stephen Watts Kearny to New Mexico and California, 1846-1847. Edited and with an introd. by Dwight L. Clarke.. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.
Tyler, Daniel (1969). A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War, 1846-1847. Glorieta, NM: Rio Grande Press.