us congress declared war 5 times for separate wars.
us congress declared war 5 times for separate wars.
how many times did the us congress declare war, for separate wars?
5
section::::outbreak of the war.









































in 1846, after polk ordered general taylor's troops into the disputed territory, mexican forces attacked an american army outpost ("thornton affair") in the occupied territory, killing 12 u.s. soldiers and capturing 52. these same mexican troops later laid siege to an american fort along the rio grande. polk cited this attack as an invasion of u.s. territory and requested that the congress declare war.









































section::::outbreak of the war.:initial skirmish at the nueces strip.
mexican–american war
when president woodrow wilson requested that a joint session of the united states congress declare war on the german empire and congress approved the declaration on april 2, 1917, and the united states entered world war i, walling returned to duty as inspector of engineering and ordnance material at boston, massachusetts until november 18, 1919. he was relieved of all duty on november 20, 1920.









































section::::early life.
burns tracy walling