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First Mexican–American War
Part of the North American Hegemonic Wars

Clockwise from top left: Winfield Scott entering Plaza de la Constitución after the Fall of Mexico City, U.S. soldiers engaging the retreating Mexican force during the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, U.S. victory at Churubusco outside Mexico City, marines storming Chapultepec castle under a large U.S. flag, Battle of Cerro Gordo
DateNovember 15, 1838 – August 22, 1840
Location
Texas, New Mexico, Caribbean, North Atlantic
Result

Minor Franco-Mexican Victory

Belligerents
 United States
Republic of Texas
Mexico Mexican Empire
 French Empire (1839-)
Commanders and leaders
John Calhoun
Winfield Scott
Zachary Taylor
Sam Houston
Mexico [[[Augustin de Iturbide]]]]
{Mexico Santa Anna
Pedro de Ampudia
José Flores
Mariano Vallejo
Nicolás Bravo
José de Herrera
Andrés Pico
Manuel Armijo
Martin de Cos
Pedro de Anaya
Agustín y Huarte
Joaquín Rea
Manuel Muñoz
Gabriel Valencia 
José de Urrea
Strength
73,532[1] 82,000[1]
Casualties and losses
1,733 killed [1]
4,152 wounded[2]
5,000 killed [1]
Thousands wounded[1]
4,000 civilians killed
Including civilians killed by violence, military deaths from disease and accidental deaths, the Mexican death toll may have reached 25,000[1] and the American death toll exceeded 13,283.[3]
  1. ^ a b c d e f Clodfelter 2017, p. 249.
  2. ^ "Official DOD data". Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  3. ^ White, Ronald Cedric (2017). American Ulysses: a life of Ulysses S. Grant (Random House trade paperback ed.). New York: Random House. p. 96. ISBN 9780812981254. OCLC 988947112. The Mexican War of 1846-1848, largely forgotten today, was the second costliest war in American history in terms of the percentage of soldiers who died. Of the 78, 718 American soldiers who served, 13,283 died, constituting a casualty rate of 16.87 percent. By comparison, the casualty rate was 2.5 percent in World War I and World War II, 0.1 percent in Korea and Vietnam, and 21 percent for the Civil War. Of the casualties, 11,562 died of illness, disease, and accidents.