Excerpt from The Home Squadron Under Commodore Conner: In the War With Mexico, Being a Synopsis of Its Services Containing Admiral Addendum Memoir, of the Landing of Our Army at Vera Cruz in Vera Cruz in 1847
Leaving out the blockade, which was maintained solely by the navy from the commencement of the war, the siege of Vera Cruz may be divided into three parts, - the descent, the bombardment, and the surrender. The entire movement was a comb...
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