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1847. Lithograph byNathaniel Currier
1847. “Old Fuss and Feathers” looks neither old nor fussy inthis heroic representation of his siege of Veracruz. Yale Collection of WesternAmericana
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. (photo credit 7.1)Taylor
humiliated and angry
was left with the shellof an army holding a defensive position outsideMonterrey. Polk’s need to micromanage everything
andthe disrespect he showed to General Taylor
won him nofriends in the army. Henry Clay Jr.
serving on Taylor’ssta while he recovered from his riding accident
expressed the feelings of most of Taylor’s junior ocersabout the transfer of troops when he wrote home to hisfather
“This Army sympathizes with him. For one Imust confess I consider the manner of the thing veryimproper to say the least.”19Colonel Clay didn’t know it
but his father had dinedwith General Scott in New Orleans while Scott was en