Aztec Club of 1847, Military Society of the Mexican War Sesquicentennial History 1847-1997The Aztec Club of 1847 was founded in Mexico City at the time the American Army occupied that capital during the Mexican War. The original members numbered one hundred sixty, including many whose fame would come later as leaders of the opposing armies in the U. S. Civil War. In many respects this book is their story, a story of young men bonded by the shared dangers and hardships of war against a common enemy, followed by the later experience of each