The Mexican War and the 1850s Frontier

1850s Frontier Actions

The army's running frontier fighting across Texas, New Mexico and the Plains through the 1850s, recorded in the Chronological List of Battles: the Jicarilla and Cortina troubles and hundreds of smaller actions.

J. Cameron for Nathaniel Currier, Battle of Churubusco (1847). Public domain.
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Where these engagements were fought

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Documented engagements

No individually documented engagements are catalogued for 1850s Frontier Actions yet.

Engagements and locations are compiled from published sources: Heitman's Historical Register (1903) (public domain (U.S. federal record), Chronological List of Battles).