History of the United States . STORMING OF THE FORTRESS OF CHAPULTEPEC (September 12-13, 1847) The last serious obstacle to Scotts march upon the City of Mexico. This engagementput to a severe test over a score of young officers who subsequently became renowned com-manders in the sectional struggle of 1861-1865. Among others, George B. McCiellan andU. S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and T. J. Jackson entered the capital of Mexico together. southern slaveholder was the worst of criminals, in spite of thefact that in character and ability the slaveholder represented ahigh type of Anglo-Saxon citizenshi
History of the United States . STORMING OF THE FORTRESS OF CHAPULTEPEC (September 12-13, 1847) The last serious obstacle to Scotts march upon the City of Mexico. This engagementput to a severe test over a score of young officers who subsequently became renowned com-manders in the sectional struggle of 1861-1865. Among others, George B. McCiellan andU. S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and T. J. Jackson entered the capital of Mexico together. southern slaveholder was the worst of criminals, in spite of thefact that in character and ability the slaveholder represented ahigh type of Anglo-Saxon citizenship. On the other hand, thesouthern slaveholders learned to hate all abolitionists, could seeno good in them, and denounced them in extravagant terms.^ 3 In 1846 a dangerous dispute with Great Britain, in regard to the nortli-western boundary hne, was settled by compromise. Great Britain and theUnited States had each hiid claims to what had become known as the Oregoncountry. It was widely asserted that the claim of the Ignited S
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