Battle for Mexico City

September 8–15, 1847 · Mexico City

Result American victory

General Winfield Scott's US army fought its way into Mexico City, taking Chapultepec and the city gates. The fall of the capital ended the major fighting of the Mexican-American War.

United States

Mexico

Strength and losses

Strength
20,000
Killed
246
Wounded
1,368
Missing
46
Strength
13,000
Casualties
2,323
Captured
3,000