general zachary taylor felt that he really couldn't control the volunteers. the volunteers were under control of their own commanders coming from their own towns. one of the things was they never really abided by the discipline that taylor expected in the army. so there is an image of a massacre of 25 mexican civilians by volunteers that are known as the rack and factories. this was painted by a soldier from illinois who actually plan to see this massacre happened. it was reported all over the united states. they were taking revenge on the people of mexico for the murder of one of their own. so they took these mexicans into a cave and kill them. this was a widely reported incident. but by no means was it exceptional. in fact a couple of weeks after this happened, there was another massacre that was similar that was perpetrated by texans. so this helped turn people against the war. it was initially claimed as not being true, and once the newspaper got verification of it, they actually wrote to all of the readers and said, let us know longer complain about mexi

general zachary taylor felt like he couldn't control the volunteers. the volunteers were under control of their own commanders, coming from their own towns and none of them seem to abide by the kind of discipline that taylor expect it and basically got the regulars in the army. here is one image of a massacre of 25 mexican civilians by arkansas volunteers known as the racket factors in northern mexico in figure 1847. this was painted by a soldier from illinois who claim to see the massacre have been. it was reported all over the united states. the racket factors are taking revenge on the people of mexico for the murder of one of their phones. so they started indiscriminately gathered mexicans and to them into a cave and kill them. this is a widely reported incident by no means was it exceptional. a couple weeks after this happened there is another massacres similar perpetrated by the dems. when the american people read about this behavior come and help turn them against the war. the st. louis republican with a newspaper that when you heard about the mas

civilians in the street, raping women, reports of entire villages being burned down, and general zachary taylor felt like he really could not control the volunteers. they were under the control of their own commanders coming from their own towns, and none of them really seemed to abide by the kind of discipline that taylor expected in basically got from the regulars. here is one image of a massacre of 25 mexican civilians by arkansas volunteers this was painted by a soldier from illinois he claimed to see this massacre happened. he didn't have to see it. it was reported over the united states. they were taking revenge of the people of mexico for the murder of one of harold. they indiscriminately getting a bunch of mexicans and took them into a cave until the. this was a really wise the reported incident but by no means was exceptional. a couple weeks after this happened there was another massacre that was similar that was perpetrated by texans. so the american people reading about this kind of behavior helps turn them against the war. the st. louis republican was a newspaper that, when it heard