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Battle of San Pasqual

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The Battle of San Pasqual, also spelled San Pascual, was a military encounter that occurred during the Mexican–American War in what is now the San Pasqual Valley community of the city of San Diego, California. [1]

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Adjutant

Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration.

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Adjutant general

An adjutant general is a military chief administrative officer.

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Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp (French expression meaning literally helper in the military camp) is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, a member of a royal family, or a head of state.

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Alta California

Alta California (Upper California), founded in 1769 by Gaspar de Portolà, was a polity of New Spain, and, after the Mexican War of Independence in 1822, a territory of Mexico.

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Andrés Pico

Andrés Pico (November 18, 1810 – February 14, 1876) was a Californio who became a successful rancher, fought in the contested Battle of San Pascual during the Mexican-American War, and negotiated promises of post-war protections for Californios in the 1847 Treaty of Cahuenga.

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Antoine Robidoux

Antoine Robidoux (September 24, 1794 – August 29, 1860) was a fur trapper and trader of French-Canadian descent best known for his exploits in the American Southwest in the first half of the 19th century.

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Apache

The Apache are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Salinero, Plains and Western Apache.

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Archibald H. Gillespie

Major Archibald H. Gillespie (October 10, 1812 – August 16, 1873) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the Mexican-American War.

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Army of the West (1846)

The Army of the West was the name of the United States force commanded by Stephen W. Kearny during the Mexican-American War, which played a prominent role in the conquest of New Mexico and California.

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Arts and Industries Building

The Arts and Industries Building is the second oldest of the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Initially named the National Museum, it was built to provide the Smithsonian with its first proper facility for public display of its growing collections.

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Bancroft Library

The Bancroft Library in the center of the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, is the university's primary special-collections library.

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Battle of Cahuenga Pass

The Battle of Cahuenga Pass of 1831 was fought at Cahuenga Pass near Los Angeles between the unpopular Mexican Governor of California (Manuel Victoria), and a force assembled by wealthy local landowners.

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Battle of Dominguez Rancho

The Battle of Dominguez Rancho or The Battle of the Old Woman's Gun (October 8, 1846) was a military engagement of the Mexican–American War.

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Battle of La Mesa

The Battle of La Mesa was the final battle of the California Campaign during the Mexican–American War, occurring on January 9, 1847, in present-day Vernon, California, the day after the Battle of Rio San Gabriel.

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Battle of Rio San Gabriel

No description.

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Beale Air Force Base

Beale Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately east of Marysville, California.

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Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Bent's Old Fort is an 1833 fort located in Otero County in southeastern Colorado, United States.

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Brigadier general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, brigadier general (BG, BGen, or Brig Gen) is a one-star general officer with the pay grade of O-7 in the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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California Battalion

The California Battalion (also called the first California Volunteer Militia and U.S. Mounted Rifles) was formed during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) in present-day California, United States.

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California State Military Museum

The California State Military Museum was the official Military museum of the State of California.

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Californio

Californio (historical and regional Spanish for "Californian") is a Spanish term with widely varying interpretations.

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Charge (warfare)

A charge is a maneuver in battle in which combatants advance towards their enemy at their best speed in an attempt to engage in close combat.

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Darwin French

Doctor Erasmus Darwin French was an American man of adventure.

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Edward Fitzgerald Beale

Edward Fitzgerald "Ned" Beale (February 4, 1822 – April 22, 1893) was a national figure in 19th century America.

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Edwin Bryant (alcalde)

Edwin Bryant (1805 – December 16, 1869) was a Kentucky newspaper editor whose popular 1848 book What I Saw in California describes his overland journey to California, his account of the infamous Donner Party, and his term as second alcalde, or pre-statehood mayor, of the city of San Francisco.

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Escondido, California

Escondido is a city located in San Diego County's North County region, northeast of Downtown San Diego, California.

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Farrier

A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary.

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Fort Leavenworth

Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, immediately north of the city of Leavenworth, in the northeast part of the state.

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Fort Marcy (New Mexico)

Fort Marcy was a military reservation in New Mexico.

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Fort Moore

Fort Moore was the second of two historic U.S. Military Forts in Los Angeles, California, during the Mexican–American War.

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Fort Scott National Historic Site

Fort Scott National Historic Site is a historical area under the control of the United States National Park Service in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.

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Geoffrey Regan

Geoffrey Regan (born 15 July 1946) is an English author of popular history, former senior school teacher and broadcaster.

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Gillespie Field

Gillespie Field is a county-owned public towered airport northeast of downtown San Diego, in El Cajon, San Diego County, California, United States.

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History of San Diego

The recorded history of the San Diego, California, region began in the present state of California when San Diego Bay was first discovered by Europeans.

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John C. Frémont

John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States.

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John D. Sloat

John Drake Sloat (July 6, 1781 – November 28, 1867) was a commodore in the United States Navy who, in 1846, claimed California for the United States.

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John Davidson (general)

John Wynn Davidson (August 14, 1825 – June 26, 1881) was a brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and an American Indian fighter.

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John Strother Griffin

John Strother Griffin (1816–1898) was a surgeon attached to the General Stephen W. Kearney expedition from New Mexico to California, a landowner and founder of East Los Angeles and a member of the Common Council of the city of Los Angeles, where he was one of the first university-trained physicians to settle.

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John Sutter

John Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880), born Johann August Suter, was a German-born Swiss pioneer of California known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, California, the state's capital.

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José Manuel Machado

José Manuel Machado (1756 - 1852) was a Spanish soldier, ranchero, early citizen and regiador on the ayuntamiento of the pueblo of San Diego.

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José María Flores

General José María Flores (1818, New Spain – 1866) was an officer in the Mexican Army and was a member of la otra banda. He was appointed Governor and Comandante General pro tem of Alta California from 1846 to 1847, and defended California against the Americans during the Mexican-American War.

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Kearny Mesa, San Diego

Kearny Mesa is a community in the eastern part of San Diego, California.

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Kit Carson

Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868), better known as Kit Carson, was an American frontiersman.

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Kit Carson Park

Kit Carson Park is a municipal park in Escondido, California, United States.

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Kumeyaay

The Kumeyaay, also known as Tipai-Ipai, formerly Kamia or Diegueño, are Native American people of the extreme southwestern United States and northwest Mexico.

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Lancer

A lancer was a type of cavalryman who fought with a lance.

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Lasso

A lasso, from the Castilian word, Lazo.

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Leonardo Cota

Leonardo Cota (1816–1887) was a Captain with the Californios in the Mexican–American War; and later a Los Angeles County Supervisor.

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List of battles of the Mexican–American War

The battles of the Mexican–American War include all major engagements and most reported skirmishes, including Thornton's Defeat, the Battle of Palo Alto, and the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, which took place prior to the official start of hostilities.

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List of conflicts in the United States

List of conflicts in the United States is a timeline of events that includes Indian wars, battles, skirmishes, and other related items that have occurred in the United States' geographical area, including overseas territories, since 1775.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Maricopa people

The Maricopa or Piipaash,Barry Pritzker, A Native American Encyclopedia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998; pg.

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Marysville, California

Marysville is the county seat of Yuba County, California, United States.

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Mexican–American War

The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War in the United States and in Mexico as the American intervention in Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States (Mexico) from 1846 to 1848.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Monterey, California

Monterey is a city located in Monterey County in the U.S. state of California, on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on California's Central Coast.

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Mormon Battalion

The Mormon Battalion, the only religiously based unit in United States military history, served from July 1846 – July 1847 during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Navajo

The Navajo (British English: Navaho, Diné or Naabeehó) are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.

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Pacific Squadron

The Pacific Squadron was part of the United States Navy squadron stationed in the Pacific Ocean in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Pauma massacre

The Pauma massacre occurred in December 1846, north of Escondido, California.

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Philip Crosthwaite

Philip Crosthwaite (December 27, 1825 – February 19, 1903) was an early settler of San Diego, California and Rosarito, Baja California.

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Pueblo de Los Ángeles

El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles (the Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels) was the Spanish civilian pueblo founded in 1781, which by the 20th century became the American metropolis of Los Angeles.

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Pyrrhic victory

A Pyrrhic victory is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat.

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Ramona, California

Ramona is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Diego County, California.

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Rancho Bernardo, San Diego

Rancho Bernardo is a master-planned community in the northern hills of the city of San Diego, California.

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Rancho Campo de los Franceses

Rancho Campo de los Franceses was a Mexican land grant in present day San Joaquin County, California given in 1844 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Guillermo Gulnac.

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Rancho El Rosario

Rancho El Rosario, subsequently renamed Rancho Rosarito, was a land grant made to José Manuel Machado, one of the first soldiers stationed at the Presidio of San Diego.

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Rio Grande

The Rio Grande (or; Río Bravo del Norte, or simply Río Bravo) is one of the principal rivers in the southwest United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Colorado River).

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Robert F. Stockton

Robert Field Stockton (August 20, 1795 – October 7, 1866) was a United States Navy commodore, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican–American War.

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San Diego

San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.

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San Diego Zoo Safari Park

The San Diego Zoo Safari Park, originally named the San Diego Wild Animal Park until 2010, is an 1,800 acre (730 ha) zoo in the San Pasqual Valley area of San Diego, California, near Escondido.

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San Luis Obispo, California

San Luis Obispo (Spanish for St. Louis, the Bishop), or SLO for short, is a city in the U.S. state of California, located roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on the Central Coast.

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San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park

San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park honors the soldiers who fought in the 1846 Battle of San Pasqual, the bloodiest battle in California during the Mexican-American War.

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San Pasqual Valley, San Diego

San Pasqual Valley is the northernmost community of the city of San Diego.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe (or; Tewa: Ogha Po'oge, Yootó) is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Second Federal Republic of Mexico

The Second Federal Republic of Mexico (Segunda República Federal de México) is the name given to the second attempt to achieve a federalist government in Mexico.

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Socorro, New Mexico

Socorro is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Stephen W. Kearny

Stephen Watts Kearny (surname also appears as Kearney in some historic sources; August 30, 1794October 31, 1848), was one of the foremost antebellum frontier officers of the United States Army.

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Temecula massacre

The Temecula massacre took place in December 1846 east of present-day Temecula, California, United States.

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Tenerife airport disaster

On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747 passenger jets, KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport), on the Spanish island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, killing 583 people, making it the deadliest accident in aviation history.

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Thomas Wrightington

Thomas Wrightington (c. 1797–July 8, 1853) was an early settler of San Diego, California.

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Treaty of Cahuenga

The Treaty of Cahuenga, also called the "Capitulation of Cahuenga," ended the fighting of the Mexican–American War in Alta California in 1847.

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USS Congress (1841)

USS Congress (1841) — the fourth United States Navy ship to carry that name — was a sailing frigate, like her predecessor,.

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USS Norwich (1861)

USS Norwich, a wooden, screw steamer built at Norwich, Connecticut in 1861, was purchased by the Union Navy at New York City 26 September 1861 from J. M. Huntington & Co.; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard 28 December 1861, Lieutenant James M. Duncan in command.

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William H. Emory

William Hemsley Emory (September 7, 1811 – December 1, 1887) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer in the 19th century.

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William L. Marcy

William Learned Marcy (December 12, 1786July 4, 1857) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge who served as U.S. Senator, Governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of War and U.S. Secretary of State.

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1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)

The 1st Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army unit to have its antecedents in the early 19th century in the formation of the United States Regiment of Dragoons.

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26th Arkansas Infantry Regiment

The 26th Arkansas Infantry (1862–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Pasqual

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