A history of the United States . have denounced thecontest as wrong in itself and as prosecuted in the interests ofthe slaveholders and land grabbers of the country. It is littlewonder, too, as we have seen, that the Mexican War does notlive in popular imagination as a heroic struggle (§ 377). THE CONDUCT AND RESULTS OF THE WAR. 380. Taylors Victories. — Whatever we may think of thecauses of the Mexican War and of the conduct of the Americanauthorities, there canbe but one opinion asto the valor with whichofficers and troopsconducted themselvesafter hostilities hadbegun. Taylor receivednotice
A history of the United States . have denounced thecontest as wrong in itself and as prosecuted in the interests ofthe slaveholders and land grabbers of the country. It is littlewonder, too, as we have seen, that the Mexican War does notlive in popular imagination as a heroic struggle (§ 377). THE CONDUCT AND RESULTS OF THE WAR. 380. Taylors Victories. — Whatever we may think of thecauses of the Mexican War and of the conduct of the Americanauthorities, there canbe but one opinion asto the valor with whichofficers and troopsconducted themselvesafter hostilities hadbegun. Taylor receivednotice from the Mexi-can general. Arista, onApril 24, 1846, thathis occupation of thenorthern branch of theRio Grande meantwar. On the sameday the first Americanblood was shed. Itwas avenged shortly;for, on May 8, Taylormet about six thou-sand Mexicans at PaloAlto, and defeatedthem severely withhis own small force of about two thousand. The next day he won another completevictory at Resaca de la Palma, and drove the enemy across the. General Zachary Taylor. 300 THE ADMINISTRATION OF POLK, 1845-1849. [§ 381 Rio Grande. The news of these victories aroused the countryand made Taylor a popular hero. He was already much lovedby his soldiers, who gave him the nickname of Rough andReady, because of his carelessness of dress and other detailsand his thorough capability as a commander. 381. Taylors Advance toward Mexico.—War was formallydeclared by the United States on May 13, Congress authorizingthe President to call out fifty thousand volunteers and votingten million dollars for expenses. On May 18, Taylor occupiedMatamoras, halting there until September. He then advancedupon Monterey, other officers, military and naval, having mean-while been occupying New Mexico and Upper California. Mon-terey fell, after a short siege, on September 24. But Mexicowould not yield, although Colonel Doniphan, after a long, hardmarch, had taken Chihuahua and gained control of the impor-tant surrounding r
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