Chapter 16 THE WAR WITH MEXICO

Slidell's Mission to Mexico-The Failure of the Mission-The Concentration of the Mexican Forces at Matamoras-The United States Forces Ordered to the Rio Grande-Hostilities Opened-The Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma-The Attitude of Congress toward the War-Congressional Approval of the War-The Occupation of New Mexico and Upper California,