battle, nineteenth century

First Battle of Mora

Name: First Battle of Mora
Start: 1847-01-24
Location: Mora County, New Mexico, United States

First Battle of Mora was a battle fought on 24 January 1847 at Mora County, in what is now New Mexico, United States. It was part of the Taos Revolt. The recorded result: Mexican tactical victory.

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Fought24 January 1847

WhereMora County, New Mexico, United States35.974N, 105.330W

OutcomeMexican tactical victory

BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstMexico

Part ofTaos Revolt

Where it sits in the Taos Revolt

4 placed engagements of the Taos Revolt in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	24 January 1847
Place	Mora County, New Mexico, United States 35.974N, 105.330W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Casualties and losses		25 killed,; unknown wounded,; 15–17 captured
Commanders	Israel R. Hendley

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Second Battle of Mora 1847, same recorded site
Siege of Pueblo de Taos 1847, 55 km N
Battle of Embudo Pass 1847, 57 km NW
Battle of Glorieta Pass 1862, 59 km SW
Battle of Cañada 1847, 64 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Cañada 24 January 1847
After: Battle of Embudo Pass 29 January 1847
All 4 engagements of Taos Revolt

Elsewhere in 1847

First Battle of Mora is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 1,148 in present-day United States (26 in New Mexico).

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5452525, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article First Battle of Mora, revision 1370618799, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.