New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . ?ff« i OJSY AND AS A STATE 351 slope of tlie Spanish West became annexed to theUnited States, and six hundred thousand squaremiles of territory were added to the public do-main. Within the limits of the present republic ofMexico the winter of 1847 brought not only mili-tary, but naral, activity. Colonel Doniphan, inMarch, after a long and arduous winter campaign,had captured Chihuahua, Commodore Shubrickhad reduced Mazatlan, while Commodores Connerand Perry had effectually scoured the Gulf ofMexico and had occupied the c
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . ?ff« i OJSY AND AS A STATE 351 slope of tlie Spanish West became annexed to theUnited States, and six hundred thousand squaremiles of territory were added to the public do-main. Within the limits of the present republic ofMexico the winter of 1847 brought not only mili-tary, but naral, activity. Colonel Doniphan, inMarch, after a long and arduous winter campaign,had captured Chihuahua, Commodore Shubrickhad reduced Mazatlan, while Commodores Connerand Perry had effectually scoured the Gulf ofMexico and had occupied the coast towns of Tam-pico, Tobasco, Alvarado, and Tuspan. It was early in March, 1847, that General Scottwith twelve thousand men, among whom werethe New Jersey volunteers, arrived off the princi-pal port of Mexicos foreign commerce. Vera Cruz,and after a severe bombardment lasting four daysthe city surrendered. On to Mexico City wasthe cry that thrilled the American army, and ledthem to the pass of Cerro Gordo. Here SantaAnna, the revolutionary president of the republicof Mex
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