Saint Patrick's Battalion

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foreign volunteer unit military unit

Saint Patrick's Battalion was a unit of mostly Irish Catholic deserters from the U.S. Army who fought for Mexico during the Mexican–American War, becoming known for their fierce resistance and controversial defection.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saint Patrick's Battalion canonical	3
Saint Patrick’s Battalion	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	foreign volunteer unit ⓘ military unit ⓘ
allegiance	Mexican Army ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Batallón de San Patricio ⓘ
branch	Mexican Army artillery ⓘ Mexican Army infantry ⓘ
casualties	heavy losses at Battle of Churubusco ⓘ
commander	John Riley ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Mexico ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Saint Patrick's Day ⓘ
composedMostlyOf	Irish Catholics ⓘ
composedOf	U.S. Army deserters ⓘ
conflict	Mexican–American War ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
disbandedIn	1848 ⓘ
executionLocation	near Chapultepec ⓘ
executionMethod	hanging ⓘ
formedIn	1846 ⓘ
foughtAgainst	United States Army ⓘ
foughtFor	Mexico ⓘ
hasTheme	military desertion ⓘ religious persecution ⓘ transnational solidarity ⓘ
ideology	anti-British sentiment ⓘ solidarity with Catholic Mexico ⓘ
leaderNationality	Irish ⓘ
membersExecutedBy	United States Army ⓘ
memorialLocation	Clifden, County Galway ⓘ San Ángel, Mexico City ⓘ
memorialType	monuments ⓘ plaques ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Patrick ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Buena Vista ⓘ Battle of Cerro Gordo ⓘ Battle of Churubusco ⓘ Battle of Monterrey ⓘ
numberOfMembersExecuted	dozens ⓘ
opposedCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
reasonForDefection	opposition to invasion of Mexico ⓘ religious discrimination in U.S. Army ⓘ sympathy for Mexico ⓘ
regardedAs	heroes in Mexican historiography ⓘ martyrs by some Irish nationalists ⓘ traitors in much of U.S. historiography ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
role	artillery support ⓘ line infantry ⓘ
secondaryLanguage	Spanish ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Chapultepec → notableUnit → Saint Patrick's Battalion ⓘ

Irish in Latin America → hasNotableGroup → Saint Patrick's Battalion ⓘ

Battle of Churubusco → involvedUnit → Saint Patrick's Battalion ⓘ

Battle for Mexico City → notableUnit → Saint Patrick's Battalion ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Patrick’s Battalion