Chronology of the Mexican War
1848

 

Date in 1848	Event
January 12	Landing party (Lt. Frederick Chatard, USN) from the storeship Lexington and bark Whiton destroyed guns at San Blas and cut out two schooners
January 17	Landing party (Lt. Frederick Chatard, USN) from the bark Whiton spiked guns at Mazanillo, Mexico
January 18	Storeship Lexington seized two schooners at San Blas
January 22	Americans commenced second siege of San Jose del Cabo
January 30	Landing party (Lt. Tunis A. M. craven, USN) from the sloop Dale attacked Mexican camp at Cochori, Mexico
February 2	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo signed
February 13	Landing party (Lt. Fabius Stanly, USN) from the sloop Dale attacked the Mexican camp at Bocachicacampo
February 15	The sloop Cyane lifted the siege of San Jose del Cabo
February 18	Gen. Winfield Scott relieved as commander of the army in Mexico by Maj. Gen. William O. Butler
February 20	Landing party (Lt. Fabius Stanly, USN) from the schooner Libertad destroyed the Mexican camp at Bocachicacampo
February 29	Armistice agreed upon for the Valley of Mexico
March 10	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ratified by the U. S. Senate
March 24	Cdr. Samuel F. DuPont, USn led an expedition to Santa Anita, Baja California
March 25	Capt. Seymour G. Steele and a detachment of New York Volunteers attacked the Mexican camp at San Antonio, Baja California, winning the release of Passed Midshipmen Alexander F. Warley and James M. Duncan and three seamen
March 30	Commo. Shubrick receives word of the armistice
March 31	Lt. Col. Henry S. Burton attacked the Mexican camp at Todos Santos
April 9	Lt. Fabius Stanly, USN and a small detachment skirmished with Mexicans near the estuary of the Soldado River
May 30	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ratified by the Mexican Congress
June 11	Vera Cruz returned to Mexican authorities
June 15	Commo. Perry, in the frigate Cumberland, departs Vera Cruz for New York
June 17	Mazatlan returned to the Mexicans
June 24	Guaymas returned to the Mexicans
July 15	Last U. S. troops, under Gen. William J. Worth, leave Vera Cruz
August 31	La Paz returned to the Mexicans