Orders of Battles
A. Mexican Army Undated Returns acs
18,530-of Liberating Army of the North Gen. Div. A. Lopez de Santa Anna
- 39- Staff-Acting Gen. Manuel Micheltorena
- 10- Engrs.-Gen. Ignacio de Mora y Villamil
- 61- Medical Corps- Insp. Pedro Vander Linden
- 584- Artillery-Gen. Antonio Corona (Total 16 Guns & 1 Howitzer)
- one Art. Btry 3- 24 lbs guns -Capt. F.Moreno (San Patricio Irish Vols.)
- one Art. Btry 3- 16 lb guns & one howitzer 7"
- one Art. Btry 5- 12 lb guns de Leon ?
- one Art. Btry 5- 8 lb guns- Capt. I. Ballarta
- Commissary and Baggage Train-P. Rangel
- 324- Regiment of Engrs.-Col. Santiago Blanco
- 466- Regiment of Hussars-Lt. Col. Manuel Andrade
- Infantry: Gen.Br. Manuel M. Lombardini ( 28 Infantry Battalions )
- Light Brigade-Gen.Br. Pedro de Ampudia (1st,2d,3d & 4th Light(Ligero) Regiments)
- 4,839- 2d Vanguard Division-Gen.Br. Francisco Pacheco (8 Bns)
- 1st Brigade-Gen. Jose Garcia-Conde (2d Light, San Luis Potosà & Morelia Bns)
- 2d Brigade-Gen. Fransco Perez (Celaya & Leon Activos Bns,1st & 2d Guanajuato Aux Bns
- 4,300-1st Centre Division-Gen.Br. Manuel Maria Lombardini
- 3d Brigade-Gen. Francisco Mejia } 1st,3d,4th,5th,10th and 11th Line(Linea) Regts)
- 5th Brigade-Col. Jose Lopez Uraga } " )
- 3d Rear Guard Division-Acting Gen. Jose Maria Ortega (8 Bns )
- 4th Brigade-Gen.Br. Luis Guzman } 1st & 2d Mexico,Queretaro,& Aguascalientes Activos Bns,
- 6th Brigade-Gen. Andres Terres } " Guadalajara Aux Bn
- Joined later:
- 1,000- 7th Brigade-Gen. Anastasio Parrodi( 12th Line, Pueblo Activos Tampico Coast Grds & etc.)
Cavalry: Gen. Julian Juvera ( 39 Cavalry Squadrons )
- Horse Artillery
- 1,418-1st Brigade-Gen.Jose V. Minon
- 4th Cavalry,Jalisco Lancers,Cazadores,Oaxaca & Puebla Activos Regts
- 1,094-2d Brigade-Gen. Julian Juvera
- 5th & 9th Cavalry,Tulancingo Coraceros,Morelia Activos Regts.
- 808-3d Brigade-Acting Gen. Anastasio Torrejon
- 3d,7th & 8th Cavalry,Mexico Light, Guanajuato Activos Regts.
- 390-4th Brigade-Gen. Manuel Andrade
- Michoacan Activos, Presidiales
Detached :
- Cavalry Brigade-Gen. Jose Urrea
- Infantry Brigade-Gen.Br. Ciriaco Vasquez
B. United States Army
4,759 -United States Army of Occupation-Maj. Gen. Zachary Taylor
- Washington Battery-Cpt. John M. Washington
- 1st Illinois Volunteers Regiment-Col. John J. Hardin (D)
- 2d Illinois Volunteers Regiment-Col. William Henry Bissell (plus Texas Company)
- 2d Kentucky Volunteer Regiment- Col. William R. McKee (D)
- Arkansas Volunteer Regiment (Mounted)-Col. Archibald Yell
- Kentucky Regiment-Col.Humphrey Marshall
- Indiana Brigade-Brig. Gen. Joseph Lane
- 2d Indiana Volunteer Regiment-Col. Bowles
- 3d Indiana Volunteer Regiment-Col. James H. Lane
- 1st Mississippi Riflemen Regiment-Col. Jefferson Davis
- May Squadron, 2d Dragoons-Col. Charles A. May
- Steen's Squadron, 1st Dragoons-Capt Steen
Reserves:
- Battery-Cpt. Thomas W. Sherman
- Battery-Cpt. Braxton Bragg
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