History of the United States I / Unit 11 USH1 1548 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Scott's Campaign
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The idea
Winfield Scott led the Army of the South against Mexico City, assigned partly because Polk wanted to prevent the more popular Taylor becoming a war hero.
In practice
A campaign paralleling the route Cortés had taken in fifteen nineteen.
Where people slip
Every step was a hard-fought victory, and Mexican soldiers and civilians both fought bravely to save their land.
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