Mexico

1 conflicts · 1846–1848

$2.5B

Total US Spending

1

Conflicts

13,283

US Deaths

—

Troops Stationed

25,000

Civilian Deaths

1

Authorized

0

Unauthorized

US Conflicts Involving This Country

⚔️ Conflicts

Mexican-American War

✅Victory

1846–1848 · $2.5B · 13,283 US deaths

25,000 civilian deaths

War of territorial expansion after US annexation of Texas. Resulted in acquisition of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming.

🗣️ What They Said

“I do not think there was ever a more wicked war than that waged by the United States on Mexico.”

— Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs (1885) (Mexican-American War)