HISTORY AND OUTCOME
In 1846 near a border traced by a river, two neighbors went to war. The fighting between the United States and Mexico, began near the Rio Grande and raged deep into the heart of the Mexican nation. From the shores of the pacific to the Gulf Coast of Veracruz. Mexico’s regular Army was three times as large as that of the United States, but the ranks where filled with inexperienced troops. The American troops near the border where commanded by a 61 year old named General Zachary Taylor. General Taylor had gained respect for the fearless way he fought alongside his men 5 years earlier during the Seminole Indian War. Throughout the fall and winter on 1845 General Taylor had time to train his troops to include his officers,
In 1846 near a border traced by a river, two neighbors went to war. The fighting between the United States and Mexico, began near the Rio Grande and raged deep into the heart of the Mexican nation. From the shores of the pacific to the Gulf Coast of Veracruz. Mexico’s regular Army was three times as large as that of the United States, but the ranks where filled with inexperienced troops. The American troops near the border where commanded by a 61 year old named General Zachary Taylor. General Taylor had gained respect for the fearless way he fought alongside his men 5 years earlier during the Seminole Indian War. Throughout the fall and winter on 1845 General Taylor had time to train his troops to include his officers,