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[1]	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.