Title: Defense of Cerro Gordo Description: Defense of Cerro Gordo; 1847 lithograph depicting the fighting that took place at Cerro Gordo, Mexico, on April 18, 1847, that was victorious for the U.S. during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848); U.S. casualties of the battle were 63 killed and 337 wounded, while Mexican losses were 204 officers killed and 2,837 men killed or captured; 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: artillery, Battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico, battles, Cerro Gordo, Mexico, infantry, Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, Texas, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States, U.S. flag, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), 1840s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2100 x 1331 (2.80 MPixels) (1.58) Print Size: 17.8 x 11.3 cm; 7.0 x 4.4 inches File Size: 8.03 MB (8,420,474 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038619 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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