By getting constant reports from the battlefield, Americans became emotionally united as a community. News about the war always caused extraordinary popular excitement. In the Spring of 1846, news about Zachary Taylor 's victory at Palo Alto brought up a large crowd that met in a cotton textile town of Lowell, Massachusetts. New York celebrated the twin victories at Veracruz and Buena Vista in May 1847. Among fireworks and illuminations, they had a "grand procession '' of about 400,000 people. Generals Taylor and Scott became heroes for their people and later became presidential candidates.
u.s. army general who won several victories in the mexican-american war
Zachary Taylor