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2 .7 TEXAS AMP T H E WAR MEXICO
7848 VICTORIOUS ARMY U.S.A.

When S c o tt con tin u ed hlA advance In August he won 3 b a ttle d at M
d e l Rey, & C h a p u ltep ec. The M exicans w ithdrew & M exico C i t y occu pied on

Q/tiexico-
v e rsa m o
EN DEFENSA DE LA PATRIA

^^)cv£a//a de Q/fto/irw c/e/W^mt
8 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1847 &
Chunubuico Uotino Ch apudepec

The wad waA oven. & th e T reatyo£ Guadeloupe H idalgo woa In J u ly 1848. M exico
accepted th e loAA ofa TexaA & ceded 529,000 Aq.mlleA t o t h e USA $18.85 m illio n . The
'CompromlAe ofa 1850’ [qv 1 . 1) d iv id e d th e la n d between 'Fn.ee' & ’ S l a v e ’ 6. g .-
Gen. PehAlfior Sm ith waA In change ofa th e anmy’ A w ithdraw al, com pleted In AuguAt.

•OmcitV |= Eue)htteA dated UthMy 8 {*oi PeuU<* Smith in 1 C auz
to Adjutant Genenat in lilailungion. Repo^ti le o| 3 A
Nilitany PO at Vena Cauz doied down cdi NEW ORLEANS/ La. JUL 20.

The M ilit a r y Academy waA founded at Went P o in t In 1802 & th lA waA th e tim e th a t
a la r g e number o£ them were a b le to dem onAtrate t h e ir A k l l l . I n i t i a l l y 6
were engaged In th e war & 5 0 0 more re tu rn e d c i v i l to command moAt reglm entA &
A m aller u n ltA . Many roAe to high command In Union & armleA In th e C i v i l War (qv 4. 1) .