A Gallant Little Army : The Mexico City Campaign /

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In 1847 General Winfield Scott boldly led a small but undaunted army from the Mexican coast all the way to the Halls of Montezuma, routing Mexican forces at every turn while pacifying the countryside. Scott's military campaign--America's first ever in a foreign country--helped pave the way...

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Autor principal: Johnson, Timothy D., 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Scott, Winfield, > 1786-1866.
Military campaigns.
Guerre du Mexique, 1846-1848 > Campagnes et batailles.
Mexico City, Battle of, Mexico City, Mexico, 1847.
Mexican War, 1846-1848 > Campaigns.
Mexico > Mexico City.
Mexico City (Mexico) > History > American occupation, 1847-1848.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Veracruz: the Gibraltar of Mexico
  • Veracruz: the slow, scientific process
  • The army advances: olive branch and sword
  • Cerro Gordo: a brilliant affair
  • Cerro Gordo: tomorrow will settle the affair
  • Jalapa: garden of Mexico
  • Puebla: waiting all summer
  • Puebla: between the devil and the deep sea
  • Into the valley of Mexico: no room for error
  • The battle of the Pedregal: Padierna and Churubusco
  • Mortification and mistake: armistice and Molino del Rey
  • God is a Yankee: the capture of Chapultepec
  • A devil of a time: Belen and San Cosme Garitas
  • The preoccupations of the occupation.

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