✦ History

Part of Mexican-American War

Battle of Monterrey

September 21–24, 1846 · Battle of Monterrey

Result American victory

Taylor took Monterrey after three days of street fighting and gave Ampudia's army an armistice.

On the map Contemporaries

United States

Mexico

United States
Mexico
Zachary Taylor military commander
Pedro de Ampudia military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
6,220
Casualties
531
Killed
120
Wounded
368
Missing
43
Strength
7,303

Units

Army of Occupation 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E
Mexican Army of the North (1846) Saint Patrick's Battalion

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