Title: Plain of Perote Description: Plain of Perote; 1848 lithograph depicting the pastoral scene of the Plain of Perote, Mexico, west of Jalapa, before the fighting that took place nearby at Veracruz, during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848); U.S. forces besieged the city of Veracruz and took it on March 29, 1847; casualties of the six-day battle were eighty Mexican military dead and 100 civilian casualties, and nineteen U.S. soldiers killed and sixty-three wounded; the U.S. victory led the way for a march inland to Mexico City; the Mexican-American War was a U.S. and Mexican territorial dispute between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers that led to open war between the two countries on May 13, 1846; the war ended with U.S. troops in possession of California, the Southwest, northern Mexico, and central Mexico from Veracruz to Mexico City; in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded to the U.S. the territories of California and New Mexico and all the land up to the Rio Grande River, and also relinquished its claim to Texas; in return, the U.S. paid Mexico $15 million; Category: Mexican-American War Keywords: Battle of Veracruz, Mexico, battles, bombardments, Jalapa, Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, Plain of Perote, Texas, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), U.S. presidents, Veracruz, Mexico, 1840s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2100 x 1372 (2.88 MPixels) (1.53) Print Size: 17.8 x 11.6 cm; 7.0 x 4.6 inches File Size: 8.27 MB (8,674,456 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038621 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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