Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War

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military campaign theater theater of war

The Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War was the campaign zone along the U.S.–Mexico border where early key battles, including those around the Rio Grande, were fought between U.S. and Mexican forces.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War canonical	2
Mexican–American War campaigns in northern Mexico	1
Northern Mexico campaign of the Mexican–American War	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign theater ⓘ theater of war ⓘ
belligerent	Mexican Army ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
characterizedBy	border clashes along the Rio Grande ⓘ set-piece battles between regular armies ⓘ
chronologicalPosition	early campaign zone of the Mexican–American War ⓘ
conflict	Mexican–American War ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1847 ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Buena Vista ⓘ Battle of Monterrey ⓘ Battle of Palo Alto ⓘ Battle of Resaca de la Palma ⓘ Siege of Fort Texas ⓘ U.S. occupation of Monterrey ⓘ advance to Saltillo ⓘ
includesRegion	Chihuahua ⓘ Coahuila ⓘ Nuevo León ⓘ Tamaulipas ⓘ
locatedAlong	Rio Grande ⓘ U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Mexico ⓘ
notableCommander	Mariano Arista ⓘ Pedro de Ampudia ⓘ Zachary Taylor ⓘ
notableLocation	Buena Vista ⓘ Matamoros ⓘ Monterrey ⓘ Saltillo ⓘ
opposedBy	Mexican Federation ⓘ surface form: Mexican Republic United States of America ⓘ
partOf	Mexican–American War ⓘ
primaryUSBase	Corpus Christi, Texas, United States ⓘ surface form: Corpus Christi, Texas Fort Texas ⓘ Port Isabel, Texas ⓘ surface form: Point Isabel, Texas
relatedTheater	Central Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War ⓘ Californian campaign of the Mexican–American War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Coast theater of the Mexican–American War
result	U.S. control of parts of northern Mexico ⓘ United States tactical and operational victories ⓘ
startTime	1846 ⓘ
strategicObjective	defend Mexican territory north of interior heartland ⓘ invade northern Mexican states ⓘ secure Rio Grande frontier ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Battle of Resaca de la Palma → theater → Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War ⓘ

Taylor’s Northern Mexico campaign → theater → Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War ⓘ

U.S. occupation of Monterrey → relatedTo → Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican–American War campaigns in northern Mexico

Battle of La Angostura → partOf → Northern Mexico theater of the Mexican–American War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Mexico campaign of the Mexican–American War