Background
After the fall of Veracruz, Commodore Matthew C. Perry, commander of the U.S. Home Squadron, decided to move against the remaining port cities along the Gulf coast. Only the ports of Tuxpan and Tabasco remained that had any significance to the U.S. blockade.
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