As commander of the Army of the West during the Mexican War, he captured Santa Fe in August 1846 without a shot being fired.
- Philip Kearny
- Winfield Scott
- Winfield Scott Hancock
- Stephen Watts Kearny
- U.S. Grant
As commander of the Army of the West during the Mexican War, he captured Santa Fe in August 1846 without a shot being fired.
As commander of the Army of the West during the Mexican War, Brig. Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny captured Santa Fe in August 1846 without a shot being fired. Kearny (1794-1848) then served as military governor of New Mexico for a month.