SOLDIER JOKER Cerro Gordo of the Mexican War 1. The battle that won the war. 2. The war that won the continent. 3. The battle that made the man---Robert E. Lee 4. The plan that won the battle. 5. The war that served as a training ground for the Civil War. 6. The forgotten letter by the forgotten man of the forgettable war that led to the war that divided us. 7. The letter written by the Father of American Wit (He ante-dated Mark Twain by ten years).