Where these engagements were fought
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Red markers are surveyed battlefields with a mapped boundary; navy markers are point-located engagements. Select a marker to open its page.
Notable engagements
| Engagement | Year | Outcome | Forces or losses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornton Affair | 1846 | Mexico victory | 14 killed; 6 wounded; 1 fatally wounded; 59 captured vs… |
| Siege of Fort Texas | 1846 | United States victory | 2 killed; 10 wounded vs 2 killed; 2 wounded; 3 prisoners… |
| Battle of Palo Alto | 1846 | United States victory | 9 killed; 47 wounded; 2 missing vs 102 killed; 129 wounded… |
| Battle of Resaca de la Palma | 1846 | United States victory | 33 killed; 89 wounded vs 154 killed; 205 wounded; 156… |
Plus 1 further documented engagement in the Texas record.
By conflict
Mexican-American War
The 1846-1848 war between the United States and Mexico, from Palo Alto and Monterrey on the Rio Grande to Buena Vista, and Scott's campaign from Veracruz to the storming of Chapultepec and Mexico City.
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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.
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Engagements and locations are compiled from published sources: Wikipedia (text rewritten and cited as a reference, CC BY-SA 4.0); Heitman's Historical Register (1903) (public domain (U.S. federal record), Chronological List of Battles).