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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