XXIV. PUEBLA 60 XXV. ON TO THE CAPITAL 79 XXVI. CONTRERAS AND CHURUBUSCO 99 XXVII. NEGOTIATIONS 120 XXVIII. MOLINO DEL REY, CHAPULTEPEC AND MEXICO 140 XXIX. FINAL MILITARY OPERATIONS 165 XXX. THE NAVAL OPERATIONS 189 XXXI. THE AMERICANS AS CONQUERORS 210 XXXII. PEACE 233 XXXIII. THE FINANCES OF THE WAR 253 XXXIV. THE WAR IN AMERICAN POLITICS 268 XXXV. THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE WAR 294 XXXVI. CONCLUSION 310 NOTES ON VOLUME II 327 APPENDIX (LISTS OF SOURCES) 517 INDEX 563 MAPS AND PLANS IN VOLUME TWO As equally good sources disagree sometimes, a few inconsistencies are unavoidable. Numerous errors have been corrected. An asterisk indicates an unpublished source. Statements, cited in the notes, have also been used. PAGE 1. The Fortress of San Juan de Ulúa in 1854 21 From a *plan in the War Dept., Washington. 2. Siege of Vera Cruz: General Plan 24 From a map drawn by McClellan from surveys done by six American officers (N. Y. City Public Library); *a map drawn by order of Lieut. Col. Henry Wilson (War Dept., Washington). 3. Siege of Vera Cruz: The American Works 28 From a map drawn by Lieut. Foster, based on surveys of four American officers (War Dept., Washington). 4. From Vera Cruz to Perote 39 Based on a map issued by Manouvrier and Snell, New Orleans, 1847 (Papers of N. P. Trist). 5. Contour Lines near Cerro Gordo 40 From a *drawing in the War College, Washington. 6. Battle of Cerro Gordo: General Map 43 Based on a map drawn by Lieut. Coppée from the surveys of Maj. Turnbull and Capt. McClellan (Sen. Ex. Doc. 1; 30 Cong., 1 sess.); a map drawn by McClellan (Mass. Hist. Society); a *sketch of a reconnaissance by Lieut. Tower (War Dept., Washington); *Croquis de la Posición del campo de Cerro Gordo, 1847 (War Dept., Washington); a plan by I. A. de Soiecki (Vera Cruz City archives); and a *sketch by Lieut. Thos. Williams (among his letters). 7. Battle of Cerro Gordo: Central Portion 51