Completed the following sentence: In March 1847, U.S. President James K. Polk sent an army of 12,000 volunteer and regular U.S. Army soldiers under General Winfield Scott to the port of Veracruz. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> After landing his men, horses, and supplies, Scott began the
Siege of Veracruz.