Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1919 — Battles Fought During Two Years of the Mexican War [ARTICLE]

Battles Fought During Two Years of the Mexican War

The Mexican war of 1846 lasted nearly two years. The first actual collision and bloodshed was on April 25, 1846, between a band of Mexican troops tliat had crossed the Rio Grande and a company of American soldiers. On May 17, 1846, President Polk sent a special message to congress reciting the facts and grievances, -and said: “As war exists, and nothwithstanding all our efforts to avoid it, exists by the act of Mexico herself, we are called upon by every consideration of duty and patriotism to vindicate with decision the honor, the rights-and the interests of our country.” During 1846 the battle of Palo Alto was fought, May 8; battle of Monterey, September 21. In 1847 the battle of Buena Vista, February 22, battle of Cerro Gordo, April 17; City of .Mexico captured September 14; the Stafs and Stripes were placed on the national palace and a treaty of peace was signed February 2, 1848. . f ■