Image: Winfield Scott on horseback

Description: Winfield Scott Title: Winfield Scott on horseback.jpg Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909 Subjects: Publisher: Philadelphia, National pub co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: ADMINISTRATION OF JAMES K. POLK. 617 Scott^ avoiding a direct attack, turned theenemys I ^t, i^eized the heights commandingtheir position, and drove them from theirworks with a loss of three thousand prisonersand forty-three pieces of artillery. SantaAnna mounted a mule, taken from his car-riage, and fled, leaving the carriage and hisprivate papers in the hands of the Americans.Besides their prisoners, the Mexicans lostover one thousand men in killed and wounded. the second city of Mexico, containing eightythousand inhabitants, was occupied. Gen-eral Scott established his headquarters atPuebla, and awaited reinforcements. Theterms of the volunteers would expire inJune, and they refused to re-enlist, as theywere afraid to encounter the yellow feventhe scourge of the Mexican climate, theseason for which was close at hand. Theywere returned to the United States and Gen- Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Winfield Scott on horseback
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Author: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
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