U.S. General Zachary Taylor, having crossed the…

May 1846 CE

U.S. General Zachary Taylor, having crossed the Rio Grande with twenty-three hundred troops after some initial difficulties in obtaining river transport, occupies Matamoros on May 18, then digs in to await transportation promised him by the U.S. government.

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Matamoros Tamaulipas Mexico View →

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Mariano Paredes View → Zachary Taylor View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Tamaulipas View → Mexico, Centralist Republic of View → Texas, State of (U.S.A.) View →

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Jacksonian Democracy (United States) View → “Manifest Destiny” and American Expansion; 1840-1851 View → Mexican-American War View →

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Conflict View → Government View →

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