February 23. Mexican American War. U.S. troops victorious at the Battle of Buena Vista, 1847.

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Feb. 23, 1847 - Mexican American War. The Battle of Buena Vista. In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana.• The Quadalquiver Quick Step is a piece of sheet music celebrating the truce event of the Mexican War was published for the Watervliet Arsenal Cornet Band in New York in 1840.

February 23. Mexican American War. U.S. troops victorious at the Battle of Buena Vista, 1847.

February 23. Elston Howard born in 1929.

February 22. Clarence Mitchell is born in 1891.