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My name is William and I was a solider under General Kearny during the capture of New Mexico. The going was rough, we hiked over a thousand miles in all types of heat. To pass the time we sang songs, some about the General himself. It was his persuasion skills that let us leave without firing a single shot.
-William Clerkington

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My name is John and im writing from my camp in California. We Californians couldn´t handle that Mexican government any longer, it was our right as free people to rebel. Lucky for us we won, now the Americans are in control and we hope to have no disagreements, hopefully their government will be better than our old one.
-John C. Fremont

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                                                   U.S. Troops March to Mexico

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                                                   U.S. Troops March to Mexico

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General Stephen Kearny and his troops marched along the Santa Fe Trail heading to New Mexico with the goal of getting the Mexican troops stationed there to withdraw. It took the General and his men six weeks and 650 hot and rugged miles before they reached New Mexico. The General, using persuasion alone got the Mexican troops to leave. The the troops marched on to California where Californians were rebelling against the Mexican government. John C. Frémont rebelled against Mexican rule in the Bear Flag Revolt. They arrested a Mexican commander of California and raised a flag showing a bear sketched in blackberry juice. The rebels renamed themselves the Republic of California, a few months later American troops reached the new Republic and in a short time, all of California was under American control.