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| Vera Cruz state, guerilla warfare, leaders, 2. 169, 171, 421; American assessment on, 265; appeal to Mexican factions, 334; manifesto on Santa Anna, 359. See also Soto. |
| Veramendi, M. R., and uprising against Americans, 2. 420. |
| Vergara Camp, 2. 222. |
| Verónica causeway, 2. 147, 161; advance over, 161. |
| Vesuvius, in attack on Tuxpán, 2. 444; in Home Squadron, 445, 446. |
| Vice, prevalence in Mexico, 1. 22, 23, 26, 27. See also Gambling; Liquor. |
| Vice Presidency, abolished in Mexico, 2. 15. |
| Victoria, Guadalupe, as partisan leader, 1. 32; in Itúrbide's revolt, 33; revolt against Itúrbide, 35; as President, 37-40; and Texas, 60, 418; and commercial treaty, 61. |
| Victoria, Taylor's march, 1. 357-60, 541-2; Santa Anna's plan to attack, 357; Patterson's march, 360-2, 542, 543; map of his march, 360; march from, to Tampico, 365-6, 546; Taylor leaves, 368. |
| Victoria battalion, formation, 2. 3; at San Antonio, 112, 384. |
| Vidal, Luis, and Doniphan's advance, 1. 301, 518. |
| Viga garita, 2. 148. |
| Vigas, as defensive point, 2. 39; Worth at, 60. |
| Vigil y Alarid, J. B., receives Kearny at Santa Fe, 1. 296. |
| Vigne, G. T., on American rule at Jalapa, 2. 225. |
| Villages, aspect of Mexican, 1. 19. |
| Villevêque, , French agent in Mexico, reports cited passim. |
| Vinton, J. R., at Monterey, 1. 246. |
| Vinton, S. F., position in House, 2. 496. |
| Virginia, legislature on the war, 1. 119. See also next title. |
| Virginia troops, calls, 1. 537, 2. 364; in Taylor's later force, 417: slow response to call, 431. |
| Vixen, in occupation of Tampico, 1. 279; in attack on Alvarado, 2. 198, 199; in Tabasco expedition, 200; in attack on Tuxpán, 203, 444; at siege of Vera Cruz, 338; in Home Squadron, 446. |
| Voltigeur regiment, in Scott's army, 2. 78, 422, 432; at Chapultepec, 154-7; origin and status, 363; at Churubusco, 385; at Molino del Rey, 402, 403. |
| Volunteers, authorization, 1. 182, 190; errors in system, term, officers, their character, 191-2, 207, 474; Taylor and, 191, 474, 2. 212, 450; first call and response, 1. 1925, 445, 475, 476; mustering, New Orleans camp, and voyage to Texas, 195-6, 475; Gaines's six-months men, 196, 205, 452, 476, 2. 272, 511; conditions in Texan camps, morale, 205-8, 480, 481; further calls, 351, 537, 2. 76, 364, 430, 431; Wool on, 1. 371; term-expired men leave Scott, 2. 63-4, 356; infamous conduct at Matamoros, 211-2, 450; excesses at Monterey, 212, 450; and elsewhere, 213, 214, 224, 225; officers and their men, 215; statistics, 318; contrast with regulars, 319-20, 512-3; authorized size of army (1847), 431; supposed number {Nov., 1847), 432. See also Army; names of states. |
| Von Hoist, H. E. See Hoist. |
| Voz del Pueblo, advocates war, 1. 107, 434; on chances of expected war, 110; on Slidell mission, 436. |
| W |
| Wagons. See Transportation. |
| Walker, Sir Baldwin, and American commander, 2. 446. |
