Forey - given the fullest civil and military powers - and his troops landed in September 1862 in Veracruz .
Having been made a senator after the end of the war , Forey was named commanding general of the French expeditionary corps to Mexico in 1862 .
Forey - given the fullest civil and military powers - and Forey 's troops landed in September 1862 in Veracruz .
Having been made a senator after the end of the war , Forey was named commanding general of the French expeditionary corps to Mexico in 1862 .