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Title: City of Tampico from Fort Andonega

Description: City of Tampico from Fort Andonega; 1848 engraving depicting Tampico, principal city and important Gulf of Mexico sea port in the Mexican state of Tamaulipa during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848); before a battle could ensue, Mexican troops abandoned the city and it was seized on November 15, 1846 by 650 U.S. soldiers who were brought to the port by a U.S. Navy squadron led by Commodore David Conner (1792-March 20, 1856); 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: Fort Andonega, forts, Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, Tampico, Mexico, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), Victoria, Mexico, 1840s.