Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yakin Veracruz
ya fara ne a ranar 22 ga Maris, 1847. Ranar da ta gabata, rundunar da aka sanya "Potomac" ta canja zuwa umurnin Commodore Matthew Perry. Ranar 23 ga watan Maris, Perry ya umarci ƙungiyoyi masu yawa a bakin teku don kafa batura. An sanya Parker zuwa gabar bakin teku daga "Potomac" tare da dukkan batura a karkashin jagorancin Captain Alexander Slidell Mackenzie. Jami'in haɗin gwiwar Sojoji zuwa Batirin Naval Shore shi ne Kyaftin Robert E. Lee.