Sunday, October 24, 2010

Zachary Taylor:

Zachary Taylor:
He was the General, who was in charge of 4,000 men when Polk ordered them to march from the Nueces River to the Rio Grande on January 13, 1846. On April 25,1846, Mexican troops crossed the Rio Grande and attaked General Taylor's command and 16 Americans were either killed or wounded. Also, General Taylor marched into Buena Vista after many victories, but on February 22-23 his force of 5,000 men was attacked by 20,000 troops under Santa Anna but Taylor won and became known as "Hero of Buena Vista."

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