That he had provoked the War.
He had provoked Mexico into war.
The siege of Veracruz and the battle at Chapultepec.
Yes, Veracruz was a major part of the Mexican American War.
Fighting in the Mexican American war.
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Mexican American War
The U.S. gained more land as a result of the Mexican-American War. All of the land that is between California to Texas was cedes by the Mexicans.
The Annexation of Texas by the US was a major cause and the result of the war was Mexican Cession and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Braxton Bragg and Zachary Taylor served in the Mexican American War. Taylor was a general officer and Bragg was advanced in rank by Brevet to Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel during the two years of the Mexican American War. He became a Major General in the Louisiana Militia on 20 February 1861 and was made a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army on 7 March 1861 and on 6 April 1862 he became one of the seven Generals of the Confederacy.
Winfield Scott was both a US General Officer in the Mexican American and Civil Wars. Sterling Price became a Brigadier General after the Taos Revolt during the Mexican American War and was a Major General of the Confederate States Army during the US Civil War. There was also John Ellis Wool who, when the Civil War began had been a Brigadier General for twenty years and had been in uniform for 49 years. He was the oldest General Officer on either side during the US Civil war at the age of 77. He got his second star during the Civil War.
The Battle of Palo Alto 8 May 1846