#06 MEXICAN WAR (Part the Second)

from The Civil War & Reconstruction · host Richard Youngdahl

In which we continue our discussion of America's war with Mexico. We talk about the military action in California & New Mexico, then cover a battle in Congress over something called the Wilmot Proviso. Finally, we move back down to the Rio Grande, where Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey and then wins the hard-fought Battle of Buena Vista in February 1847. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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