Show LENGTH OP OF MEXICAN WAR continued for two learn isedore feao was wa Dool rd the mexican war Is the best example and instruction in the time it taken to fight small ars that took two years and the present war la Is moving at express speed by its side as might be b expected atter after fifty two years hog tili ties began march 18 19 1813 1816 general at matamoras oraa called out the mexican troops A month later april 28 26 1846 general taylor called tor for militia A fortnight later may 13 congress officially recognized the war and called tor for volunteers mexico de clar 1 ft I ar may 23 1816 mexico had ro fluff ani no army on the frontier except some desultory levies monterey was waa not taken until four months later sept 28 29 and buena vista was wa not fought until eight mouths months after the th war began feb 22 1847 after nearly one year of hostilities in which our forces had bad been drilled and disciplined in camp and by months 0 of campaigning gen scott sailed for mexico and captured vera cruz cru ton ten months attar after hostilities began march 29 1847 it took tour four and one ona halt half months to sept 11 1847 before the city of mexico was waa taken sixten months sator hostilities opened peate peace only came ja in two yea i li in june 1848 yet the tha mexican war to la quoted as a areat rent ewe case of quick work iv 19 fleeting philadelphia press |