New Mexico Campaign

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The New Mexico Campaign was a U.S. military operation during the Mexican–American War aimed at seizing control of the New Mexico Territory from Mexican authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military operation
military campaign
belligerent Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
conflict Mexican–American War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfEvent August 1846
followedBy California Campaign
operations in Chihuahua
hasCommander Manuel Armijo
Stephen W. Kearny
hasParticipant New Mexican militia
United States Volunteers
surface form: U.S. volunteer forces from Missouri
involves Army of the West
legalConsequence contributed to U.S. claims in Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
location New Mexico Territory
present-day Arizona
present-day New Mexico
notableEvent bloodless capture of Santa Fe
objective secure control of Santa Fe
seizure of New Mexico Territory from Mexican authority
opposingCountry Mexico
partOf Mexican–American War
U.S. strategy to invade northern Mexico
precededBy U.S. declaration of war on Mexico
result New Mexico Campaign self-linksurface differs
surface form: U.S. occupation of New Mexico Territory

United States victory
startTime 1846

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Mexican–American War U.S.MilitaryTheater New Mexico Campaign
Stephen W. Kearny hasPartIn New Mexico Campaign
this entity surface form: United States conquest of New Mexico
New Mexico Campaign result New Mexico Campaign self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: U.S. occupation of New Mexico Territory
Army of New Mexico formedFor New Mexico Campaign
Army of New Mexico campaign New Mexico Campaign
Army of the West participatedIn New Mexico Campaign
this entity surface form: conquest of New Mexico
Manuel Armijo conflict New Mexico Campaign
this entity surface form: U.S. invasion of New Mexico in 1846
Mexican Army of the North associatedWithEvent New Mexico Campaign
this entity surface form: U.S. invasion of northern Mexico