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Battle of Chapultepec

Battle of Chapultepec was a battle fought in 1847 at Real Valle de Camargo, in what is now Mexico. It was part of the Mexican-American War, which ran from 1846 to 1848. The recorded result: American victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 against 832.

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Attack on Chapultepec, Sept. 13th 1847--Mexicans routed with great loss
Attack on Chapultepec, Sept. 13th 1847--Mexicans routed with great loss. E.B. & E.C. Kellogg (Firm), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1847
WhereReal Valle de Camargo, Mexico19.421N, 99.182W
OutcomeAmerican victory
BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstMexico
Casualties and losses138 killed; 673 wounded; 29 missingandabout 200~ killed; about 632 wounded or captured
Part ofMexican-American War1846 to 1848

Where it sits in the Mexican-American War

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43 placed engagements of the Mexican-American War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1847 (year precision)
to 13 September 1847
PlaceReal Valle de Camargo, Mexico
19.421N, 99.182W
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength2,000832
Casualties and losses138 killed; 673 wounded; 29 missingabout 200~ killed; about 632 wounded or captured
Commanders
Battle of ChapultepecBattle of ChapultepecBattle of Molino del ReySiege of Mexico CityBattle of ColhuacatoncoFall of TenochtitlanBattle of TlatelolcoBattle of Molino del ReyPueblaQuerétaroCuernavacaPachucaZumpangoTaxcoCiudad AltamiranoSan Juan del Río100 km19.421N, 99.182W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1473 and 1867.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1847

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: US ARMYDefender: MEX ARMY
Strength7,18015,000
Casualties863 (12.0%)1,800 (12.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1092
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1 day
Front width1.8 km3.5 km
Attacker advanced4.5 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 164), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Chapultepec is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 164 in present-day Mexico.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1536618, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Chapultepec, revision 1383870824, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.