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BATTLES OF MEXICO
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Vera Cruz is situated in 19 degrees 11 minutes 52 seconds north latitude. One portion of its walls is washed by the Atlantic, and the shore on the opposite side is a dry and sandy plain.

General Scott sailed from New York. Nov. 30th and reached the Rio Grande Jan 1st 1847.

AMERICAN FLEET SALUTING THE CASTLE AT VERA CRUZ