Capture of Tucson (1846)

Capture of Tucson
	Part of the Mexican–American War
	; The Mormon Battalion at the Gila River (Gila Bend, AZ) by George M. Ottinger.
Date	December 16, 1846
Location	Tucson, Sonora; Modern Day: Tucson, Arizona
Result	United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Mexico
Commanders and leaders
Philip St. George Cooke	Antonio Comaduran
Strength
360	200

The Capture of Tucson was an uncontested United States entry into the Mexican city of Tucson, Sonora, now the present day Tucson, Arizona. The would-be combatants were provisional Mexican Army troops and the American Army's "Mormon Battalion". Tucson temporarily 'fell' in December 1846 without resistance but was immediately reoccupied two days later by the Mexican forces once the US troops moved on.

^ Cooke, Philip St. George (1964). The Conquest of New Mexico and California, an Historical and Personal Narrative. Albuquerque, NM: Horn and Wallace. pp. 147–154, 175.

[1] Cooke, Philip St. George (1964). The Conquest of New Mexico and California, an Historical and Personal Narrative. Albuquerque, NM: Horn and Wallace. pp. 147–154, 175.

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