Capture of Tucson (1846)
The Capture of Tucson was an uncontested United States entry into the Mexican city of Tucson, Sonora, now the present day Tucson, Arizona. The would-be combatants were provisional Mexican Army troops and the American Army's "Mormon Battalion". Tucson temporarily 'fell' in December 1846 without resistance but was immediately reoccupied two days later by the Mexican forces once the US troops moved on.
| Capture of Tucson | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Mexican–American War | |||||||
The Mormon Battalion at the Gila River (Gila Bend, AZ) by George M. Ottinger. | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Mexico | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Philip St. George Cooke | Antonio Comaduran | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 360 | 200 | ||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.