References.—General Works: same as for Chapter XIX.
Special Works: same as for Chapters XXII. and XXIII., with the addition of: H. Wilson, History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America, Vol. II., chaps. ii.–iii.; H. H. Bancroft, Pacific States, Vol. VIII.; Winfield Scott, Memoirs; U. S. Grant, Personal Memoirs, Vol. I., chaps, iii.–xiii.
| [173] | Born in Virginia, 1784; died, 1850. Appointed first lieutenant in the army, 1808; fought in the War of 1812, in the Black Hawk War, and in the war against the Seminoles; was ordered to the disputed territory on the outbreak of the Mexican War, where his numerous victories made him a national hero; was nominated for President over such competitors as Clay and Webster, in 1848, and was elected by a large majority; died before the Compromise of 1850 was adopted. |
| [174] | Born in Virginia, 1786; died, 1866. Graduated at William and Mary College, and entered the army, 1808; distinguished himself in the War of 1812, in consequence of which he was promoted to be brigadier and brevet major general in 1814; became commander in chief of the United States Army in 1841; distinguished himself by the brilliancy of his victories in the Mexican War; was defeated by Pierce for the Presidency in 1852; retired from the army, October, 1861. |
| [175] | An uncomplimentary name given them by their opponents on account of their supposed revolutionary opinions on political matters. |
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