AN INCIDENT OF THE MEXICAN WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Stone Carving Memorials
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: SYD WHITTLE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE AMERICAN FORCES WERE DRIVEN UPON A BUTTE IN THE DESERT, ON WHICH THERE WAS NO WATER AND WERE SURROUNDED BY THE MEXICAN FORCES. EDWARD F. BEALE AND KIT CARSON VOLUNTEERED TO GET THROUGH THE MEXICAN LINES AND GET REINFORCEMENTS AND THEY SAVED THE AMERICAN FORCES.
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