The Battle of Buena Vista ends: Major After two days of fighting Major General Zachary Taylor, commanding the Union Army of Occupation, defeats the Army of Mexico, commanded by military dictator Antonio López de Santa Anna.
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 131.
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