<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:  <response>: Hondo yeVeracruz yakatanga musi waMarch 22, 1847. Zuva rakanga rapfuura racho, boka revarwi iro Potomac rakanga rakagoverwa rakanga rachinjwa kuti ritungamirirwe naCommodore Matthew Perry. Musi waMarch 23, Perry akarayira mauto akawanda ehondo kuti aende kumhenderekedzo kuti agadzire mabhatiri emhenderekedzo. Parker akagoverwa kumhenderekedzo yegungwa yebheteri kubva ku Potomac nemabhatiri ose pasi pekutungamirirwa kweGeneral Captain Alexander Slidell Mackenzie. Mukuru mukuru wehondo wokutaurirana neNaval Shore Battery akanga ari Kaputeni Robert E. Lee. 