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Battle of Mexico City (1847)
On the American Civil War map as “Mexico City”
13–14 Sep 1847 — Scott’s army storms the castle and military academy on Chapultepec hill and enters the capital the next day. Six young cadets who died defending it, the Niños Héroes (“boy heroes”), became the centre of Mexico’s memory of the war.
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- Mexican–American War (chapter 1 of American Civil War)
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- The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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