Continued from December 27, 2020.
SECOND SEMINOLE WAR
Using his own tactics, he successfully prosecuted the Second Seminole War in Florida and was promoted to the rank of brevet brigadier general. Eventually he convinced Secretary of War John C. Spencer to allow the remaining Seminoles in the territory of Florida to confine to an unofficial reservation in southwest Florida, and declared an official end to the war in August 1842.
MEXICAN WAR
When the Mexican War began, Worth was serving under General Zachary Taylor in Texas and negotiated the surrender of the Mexican city of Matamoros. He next commanded the Second Regular Division, Army of Occupation at the Battle of Monterrey in September 1846. In 1847, he was transferred to his old friend Winfield Scott's army and placed in command of the First Division.
He took part in the Siege of Veracruz and engaged in the battles of Cerro Gordo, Contreras and Churubusco. At Mexico City, Scott ordered Worth to seize the Mexican fortifications at Molino del Rey. This effectually ended the two generals' friendship when Scott refused to allow Worth to change his plan of attack, a move that caused the First Division to suffer heavy casualties.
--Brock-Perry
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