✦ History

Part of Mexican-American War

Battle of Palo Alto

May 8, 1846 · Battle of Palo Alto

Result American victory

The first major battle of the war; Taylor's flying artillery beat Arista's army north of the Rio Grande.

On the map Contemporaries

United States

Mexico

United States
Mexico
Zachary Taylor military commander
Mariano Arista military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
2,288
Killed
9
Wounded
47
Missing
2
Guns
8
Strength
3,709
Casualties
400
Killed
102
Wounded
129
Missing
26
Guns
12

Units

Army of Occupation 4th Infantry Regiment (United States) 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E
Mexican Army of the North (1846)