Santa Anna flanks the U.S. positions by…

February 1847 CE

Santa Anna flanks the U.S. positions by sending his cavalry and some of his infantry up the steep terrain that makes up one side of the pass, while a division of infantry attacks frontally along the road leading to Buena Vista.

Furious fighting ensues, during which the U.S. troops are nearly routed, but manage to cling to their entrenched position, thanks to the Mississippi Rifles, a volunteer regiment led by Jefferson Davis, who forms them into a defensive V formation.

The Mexicans have inflicted considerable losses but Santa Anna, having received gotten word of upheaval in Mexico City, withdraws in the night, leaving Taylor in control of part of Northern Mexico.

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Saltillo Coahuila Mexico View →

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Antonio López de Santa Anna View → Braxton Bragg View → Jefferson Davis View → Pedro de Ampudia View → Winfield Scott View → Zachary Taylor View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Mexico, Second Federal Republic of View → California Territory 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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