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Kearny, Stephen Watts

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Kearny, Stephen Watts (1794-1848)

US military leader. As brigadier general he was given command of the Army of the West 1846. During the Mexican War 1846-48, he was the military governor of New Mexico and joined in the conquest of California 1847 becoming military governor.

Kearny was born in Newark, New Jersey, and attended Columbia University. He first saw action in the Anglo-American War of 1812. In 1848 he served as governor general of occupied Veracruz and Mexico City. He died of a tropical fever acquired there.



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