History of the United States . ral Taylor atonce became the hero of the war, although hiscampaign ended at this point in order to make j^mes k. polk way for that of General Scott. j^b«™ ^xov2^i795 176. Kearny and Fremont in Il^i^^ i^i^^^^In the meantime. General Stephen W. Kearny, I^^l^^^ Jofseventerms!after a march of nearly 1000 miles from Fort ^|f j^5hoserVpea\^erTfLeavenworth, Kansas, had captured Santa Fe ^^^ Ho^^^^eiec^ted gover-in New Mexico in August, 1846. Kearny then strongly advocated annex- ~ ^ ation oi 1 exas, and was joined an American force under John C. Fre- electe
History of the United States . ral Taylor atonce became the hero of the war, although hiscampaign ended at this point in order to make j^mes k. polk way for that of General Scott. j^b«™ ^xov2^i795 176. Kearny and Fremont in Il^i^^ i^i^^^^In the meantime. General Stephen W. Kearny, I^^l^^^ Jofseventerms!after a march of nearly 1000 miles from Fort ^|f j^5hoserVpea\^erTfLeavenworth, Kansas, had captured Santa Fe ^^^ Ho^^^^eiec^ted gover-in New Mexico in August, 1846. Kearny then strongly advocated annex- ~ ^ ation oi 1 exas, and was joined an American force under John C. Fre- elected President over ciay •> in 1S44, serving one term. mont, who, w^ith the naval forces under Com- i^i^d i849. modores Sloat and Stockton, had taken possession of Cahfornia. 177. Scotts Campaign in Central Mexico, 1847.—In March,1847, General Scott, with an army of 12,000 men, appeared beforethe strongly fortified seaport of Vera Cruz, which w^as Cerro Gordocaptured in the same month after bombardment by the 242 ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES K. POLK The mountain pass of Cerro Gordo was next attacked. Here SantaAnna lay in a position practically unassailable from his front, whilehe declared that even a mountain goat could not approach his several days of delay, a possible path was discovered by ayoung artillery captain of the United States army, Robert E. three days the Americans had cut their way through almostinsuperable natural cUfRculties to the rear of the Mexicans, whomthey promptly attacked. Thirteen thousand Mexicans were putto flight, and a fourth of their army was killed or captured. After a delay of some weeks to await the arrival of reinforce-ments, Scotts army took up in August their 260-mile march toMexico city. Then followed the severest fighting of the war,and, although one i\.merican success followed another, the Mexi-cans fought stubbornly, inflicting severe losses on the and again it seemed that the American army
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