MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Seth Thornton
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Samuel Ringgold
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John Brown
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Detailed explanation-1: -Contents. On May 8, 1846, shortly before the United States formally declared war on Mexico, General Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) defeated a superior Mexican force in the Battle of Palo Alto. The battle took place north of the Rio Grande River near present-day Brownsville, Texas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park near Brownsville, Texas is a National Park Service unit which preserves the grounds of the May 8, 1846, Battle of Palo Alto. It was the first major conflict in a border dispute that soon precipitated the Mexican–American War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Battle of Palo Alto, (May 8, 1846), first clash in the Mexican-American War, fought in the disputed territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande rivers.