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扎卡里．泰勒将军骑在爱马 (老白，Old
Whitey) 上的英姿
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布宜纳．威斯塔之战
(Battle of Buena
Vista)
1847年2月23日
一个来自俄亥俄的制鞋匠萨慕尔．麦克尼尔 (Samuel
McNeil) 曾经描写泰勒将军在战场上的英勇表现：「我必须提到一件发生在那里的事件，那足以代表泰勒将军在战场上冷静的表现。他看到一颗小炮弹朝他直直飞来，他不但没有驱马离开，反而冷静的抬起马镫，让炮弹从他自己和马鞍中间穿过。」
布宜纳．威斯塔战争退出后，泰勒将军并没有继续追击圣塔．安那将军，但是几个月之后，这位墨西哥将军被另一位美国将军温费尔德．史考特 (Winfield
Scott) 所逮捕。
Samuel McNeil, an Ohio shoemaker, wrote of General Taylor's bravery on the battlefield, "I must mention one circumstance that happened there, which shows the extraordinary coolness of Gen. Z. Taylor in battle. He saw a small cannon ball coming directly towards his person. Instead of spurring [his horse] 'Old Whitey' out of its way, he coolly rose in his very short stirrups and permitted the ball to pass between his person and the saddle."
General Taylor did not pursue General Santa Anna after the Battle of Buena Vista, but General Winfield Scott of the American Army caught up with the Mexican general a few months later.
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