John Quitman

American politician and soldier

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role in Mexican-American War

  • Chapultepec Castle during the Mexican-American War
    In Battle of Chapultepec

    …support, on his left; Brigadier John Quitman’s division approached from the south along a causeway. Pillow’s brigades fought through a grove of trees at the base of Chapultepec hill and up the slope, then faltered at the walls when the scaling ladders failed to appear. Quitman’s men were also stopped…

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