USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Among the men under General Winfield Scott’s command at the battle of Cerro Gordo was Robert E. Lee. To find out more about Lee, who commanded the Confederate Army during the Civil War, search Today in History on his name.

Detailed explanation-2: -Although Scott probably performed with greater skill in the Mexican war, Zachary Taylor emerged the war’s greatest hero. Taylor used his status to win the presidency in 1848–just as Scott had feared. But when Winfield Scott tried to imitate Taylor’s political victory in 1852, he failed.

Detailed explanation-3: -President Polk, disturbed by General Taylor’s informal habits of command and perhaps his Whiggery as well, kept him in northern Mexico and sent an expedition under Gen. Winfield Scott to capture Mexico City.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Battle of Buena Vista. On February 23, 1847, more than 15, 000 Mexican troops charged General Zachary Taylor’s small command of soldiers. Using heavy artillery, the general’s 5, 000 men turned back the Mexican army led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.

Detailed explanation-5: -It was fought between the US invading forces, largely volunteers, under General Zachary Taylor, and the much larger Mexican Army under General Antonio López de Santa Anna.