USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor to bring troops into the disputed area. When Mexican troops attacked Taylor’s forces, Congress approved a declaration of war on Mexico on May 13, 1846. With the capture of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott on September 14, 1847, the fighting subsided.

Detailed explanation-2: -During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces under General Winfield Scott enter Mexico City and raise the American flag over the Hall of Montezuma, concluding a devastating advance that began with an amphibious landing at Vera Cruz six months earlier.

Detailed explanation-3: -Winfield Scott was a hero of the Mexican War (1846–1848), the last Whig Party candidate for U.S. president, and commanding general of the United States Army at the start of the American Civil War (1861–1865).

Detailed explanation-4: -General Zachary Taylor and General Winfield Scott were the two great heroes of the Mexican-American War and served as Grant’s and Lee’s mentors respectively.

Detailed explanation-5: -In retirement, he lived in West Point, New York, where he died on May 29, 1866. Scott’s military talent was highly regarded by contemporaries, and historians generally consider him to be one of the most accomplished generals in U.S. history.