✦ History

Part of Mexican-American War

Battle of Resaca de la Palma

May 9, 1846 · Battle of Resaca de la Palma

Result American victory

Taylor drove Arista's army back across 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
1,700
Killed
33
Wounded
89
Strength
4,000
Casualties
600
Killed
154
Wounded
205
Missing
156
Guns
8
Guns lost
8

Units

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