Chapultepec, Mexico (Location Key)

Chapultepec Castle was attacked and taken by United States forces on September 12-13, 1847, as part of the Battle of Mexico City during the Mexican-American War. Both Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were among the U.S. Army officers who fought there. Cousin Philip's father - mentioned in "My Grandmother Millard" - would have been one of about 900 American casualties of the battle (682).