CONTENTS_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 Cera 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

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THE WAR WITH MEXICO 18

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT 27

I. THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER 37

II. A SURPRISE FOR VERA CRUZ 53

III. THE AMERICANS GAIN A RECRUIT 61

IV. JERRY MAKES A TOUR 67

V. IN THE NAVAL BATTERY 84

VI. SECOND LIEUTENANT GRANT 92

VII. HURRAH FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE! 110

VIII. INSPECTING THE WILD “MOHAWKS” 120

IX. THE HEIGHTS OF CERRO GORDO 130

X. JERRY JOINS THE RANKS 146

XI. IN THE WAKE OF THE FLEEING ENEMY 154

XII. AN INTERRUPTED TOILET 164

XIII. GETTING READY AT PUEBLA 175

XIV. A SIGHT OF THE GOAL AT LAST 188

XV. OUTGUESSING GENERAL SANTA ANNA 194

XVI. FACING THE MEXICAN HOST 203

XVII. CLEARING THE ROAD TO THE CAPITAL 218

XVIII. IN THE CHARGE AT CHURUBUSCO 229

XIX. BEFORE THE BRISTLING CITY 240

XX. THE BATTLE OF THE KING’S MILL 250

XXI. READY FOR ACTION AGAIN 269

XXII. STORMING CHAPULTEPEC 279

XXIII. FORCING THE CITY GATES 291

XXIV. IN THE HALLS OF MONTEZUMA 311

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 Cera 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 · 第 7 / 81 题