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Siege of Veracruz

Siege of Veracruz was a siege conducted in 1847 at Veracruz, in what is now Mexico. It was part of the Mexican-American War, which ran from 1846 to 1848. The recorded result: American victory. Recorded strength: 8,600 against 3,360.

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Battle of Veracruz during the Mexican-American War
Battle of Veracruz during the Mexican-American War. Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot / Carl Nebel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1847
WhereVeracruz, Mexico19.190N, 96.153W
OutcomeAmerican victory
BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstSecond Federal Republic of Mexico
Casualties and losses13 killed; 55 woundedand80–350 killed; 50 wounded; 3,000 captured
Part ofMexican-American War1846 to 1848

Where it sits in the Mexican-American War

Battle of Monterrey, 1846Siege of Fort Texas, 1846Battle of San Pasqual, 1846Capture of Santa Fe, 1846First Battle of Tabasco, 1846Siege of Los Angeles, 1846Blockade of Veracruz, 1846Thornton Affair, 1846Battle of Palo Alto, 1846Battle of Resaca de la Palma, 1846Battle of Monterey, 1846Battle of Yerba Buena, 1846Battle of Dominguez Rancho, 1846Battle of Natividad, 1846Capture of Tucson, 1846Battle of Chapultepec, 1847Siege of Veracruz, 1847Battle of Buena Vista, 1847Battle of Mexico-city, 1847Battle of La Paz, 1847Battle of San José del Cabo, 1847Second Battle of Tabasco, 1847Battle of Rio San Gabriel, 1847Battle of La Mesa, 1847Second Battle of Mora, 1847Battle of the Sacramento River, 1847Battle of Cerro Gordo, 1847First Battle of Tuxpan, 1847Second Battle of Tuxpan, 1847Third Battle of Tuxpan, 1847Battle of Churubusco, 1847Battle of Contreras, 1847Battle of Molino del Rey, 1847Siege of Puebla, 1847Battle of Mulege, 1847Battle of Huamantla, 1847Skirmish at Matamoros, 1847Siege of La Paz, 1847Siege of San José del Cabo, 1848Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales, 1848Skirmish of Todos Santos, 184818461848Siege of Veracruz, 1847
41 placed engagements of the Mexican-American War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1847 (year precision)
to 29 March 1847
PlaceVeracruz, Mexico
19.190N, 96.153W
KindSiege, nineteenth century
Strength8,6003,360
Casualties and losses13 killed; 55 wounded80–350 killed; 50 wounded; 3,000 captured; 1,000–10,000 civilians killed
Commanders
Siege of VeracruzSiege of VeracruzFirst Siege of VeracruzSecond Siege of VeracruzSiege of VeracruzBattle of San Juan de UlúaBattle of VeracruzFirst Siege of VeracruzTehuacanCórdobaTeziutlánSantiago TuxtlaXalapaOrizabaNautla100 km19.190N, 96.153W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1568 and 1860.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1847

Siege of Veracruz is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 160 in present-day Mexico.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2745368, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Veracruz, revision 1370746309, 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.