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INTO MEXICO WITH
GENERAL SCOTT

WHEN ATTACHED TO THE FOURTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY,
DIVISION OF MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM J. WORTH, CORPS OF
THE FAMOUS MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT, KNOWN AS OLD
FUSS AND FEATHERS, CAMPAIGN OF 1847, LAD JERRY CAMERON
MARCHED AND FOUGHT BESIDE SECOND LIEUTENANT U. S.
GRANT ALL THE WAY FROM VERA CRUZ TO THE CITY OF MEXICO,
WHERE SIX THOUSAND AMERICAN SOLDIERS PLANTED THE
STARS AND STRIPES IN THE MIDST OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND AMAZED PEOPLE

BY

EDWIN L. SABIN

AUTHOR Of "LOST WITH LIEUTENANT PIKE," "OPENING THE
WEST WITH LEWIS AND CLARK," "BUILDING THE
PACIFIC RAILWAY," ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLES H. STEPHENS PORTRAIT AND 2 MAPS




PHILADELPHIA & LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1920