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Definition of Buena Vista
1. Noun. A pitched battle in the Mexican War in 1847; United States forces under Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexican forces under Santa Anna at a locality in northern Mexico.
Group relationships: Mexican War
Geographical relationships: Mexico, United Mexican States
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buena Vista
Literary usage of Buena Vista
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1910)
"At dawn of day, accordingly, Ampudia, who had been reinforced during the night,
began the attack on the mountain THE BATTLE OF Buena Vista. ..."
2. The War with Mexico by Justin Harvey Smith (1919)
"XX Buena Vista February, 1847 EARLY the next morning (February 22) Santa Anna,
... Minon, he thought, was already between Buena Vista and Saltillo, ..."
3. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant (1998)
"POLITICAL INTRIGUE - Buena Vista - MOVEMENT AGAINST VERA CRUZ- SIEGE AND CAPTURE
OF VERA CRUZ. T HE Mexican war was a political war, and the administration ..."