Ramón Alcaraz was an officer in the Mexican Army who wrote many books about the Mexican-American War, including 1848's Apuntes para la historia de la guerra entre México y los Estados Unidos (which in 1850 Albert C. Ramsey translated into English as The Other Side, or: Notes for the History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, Written in Mexico).
Alcaraz is a municipality in the Spanish province of Albacete. Families worldwide have the surname "Alcaraz" may trace their ancestry to this part of Spain.
Coordinates: 38°40′N 2°29′W / 38.667°N 2.483°W / 38.667; -2.483