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Title: U.S. Volunteers Encamped at Elencerro

Description: U.S. Volunteers Encamped at Elencerro; 1848 lithograph depicting the U.S. First Division Volunteers in camp at Elencerro, Mexico; Elencerro was the retreat home of General and President Santa Anna (Antonio de Padua Maria Severino Lopez de Santa Anna y Perez de Lebron; February 21, 1794-June 21, 1876); Elencerro became popular with American soldiers, situated near Jalapa on the National Road between Mexico City and Veracruz; U.S. troops occupied Elencerro after the fall of Mexico City on June 12, 1848 during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848);; the 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: Elencerro, Mexico, Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Texas, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, U.S. flag, United States, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), 1840s.