Santa Anna formally assumes the Mexican presidency…

March 1847 CE

Santa Anna formally assumes the Mexican presidency in March 1847.

Scott transports his twelve thousand-man army by sea to a beach south of Veracruz on March 10—11, using it to surround the city by March 15.

Scott orders a combined naval and land attack on March 22; the fortress-city, battered by naval guns, surrenders on March 28.

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Antonio López de Santa Anna View → George B. McClellan View → Joseph E. Johnston View → Robert E. Lee View → William J. Worth View → Winfield Scott View →

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