Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . 488 OUR FIRST CENTURV.—1770-1876. claims, and military force was brought intoretjuisitiou to this end. It was this jiro-ctLdiug, as alleged, that induced countermilitary movements on the par
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . 488 OUR FIRST CENTURV.—1770-1876. claims, and military force was brought intoretjuisitiou to this end. It was this jiro-ctLdiug, as alleged, that induced countermilitary movements on the part of theUnited States, under the lead of GeneralTaylor, and in a short time collision andopen war followed, the belligerents puttingtheir best armies and officers into the field,the contest finally culminating in the occu-pancy of the Mexican capital by a victori-ous army under General Scott, and in thesigning of a treaty by which the UnitedStates came into possession—for a merenominal pecuniary equivalent — of thewhole of Texas, New Mexico, and UpperCalifornia. The principal battles and other militaryniuvenients which rendered this conflictmemorable, were the siege of Fort ISrowu,. the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de laRaima, tlie fall of Monterey, the battle ofUuena Vista, Doniphans expedition toChihuahua and march of five thousandmiles, the reduction of Vera Cruz, the bat-tles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras, and Chu-rubusco, the storming of Cha]mltcpec, andtlie entrance of Scott into the halls ofthe Montezuraas, as the conqueror of theenemys chief city,—the first instance of aforeign capital being entered bij the armyof the United States. The latter event,and the battle of Buena Vista, formed themost important movements during tliecampaign, and have earned a conspicuous place—as have also their heroes, Taylor,and Scott,—in American military- was on the twenty-second of February,1847, that Taylor made those final disjio-sitions of his troops that ended in
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