Title: Landing of the American Forces at Veracruz Description: Landing of the American Forces under General Scott at Veracruz; 1847 lithograph of American ships on March 9, 1847 shelling a Mexican fortress in the distance while American troops disembark from surfboats in the foreground and U.S. General Winfield Scott ( June 13, 1786-May 29, 1866) oversees the action from horseback during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848); U.S. forces led by Scott besieged the city of Veracruz and took it on March 29, 1847; casualties of the six-day battle were eighty Mexican military dead and 100 civilian casualties, and nineteen U.S. soldiers killed and sixty-three wounded; the U.S. victory led the way for a march inland to Mexico City; Scott, known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army," was a national hero after the Mexican-American War, but an unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States; the war was a U.S. and Mexican territorial dispute between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers that led to open war between the two countries on May 13, 1846; the war ended with U.S. troops in possession of California, the Southwest, northern Mexico, and central Mexico from Veracruz to Mexico City; in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded to the U.S. the territories of California and New Mexico and all the land up to the Rio Grande River, and also relinquished its claim to Texas; in return, the U.S. paid Mexico $15 million; Category: Mexican-American War Keywords: battles, cannons, forts, generals, horses, Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, ships, Texas, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), U.S. presidents, Veracruz, Mexico, 1840s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1500 x 942 (1.41 MPixels) (1.59) Print Size: 12.7 x 8.0 cm; 5.0 x 3.1 inches File Size: 4.07 MB (4,272,762 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038510 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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