Mariano Arista
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José Mariano Martín Buenaventura Ignacio Nepomuceno García de Arista Nuez was a Mexican soldier and politician who served as the 19th president of Mexico from 1851 to 1853.
Portrait by Édouard Pingret, 1851
Photograph of Mariano Arista before his death in 1855
Battle of Palo Alto
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The Battle of Palo Alto was the first major battle of the Mexican–American War and was fought on May 8, 1846, on disputed ground five miles from the modern-day city of Brownsville, Texas. A force of s
Mariano Arista
…as the 19th president of Mexico from 1851 to 1853. He was in command of the Mexican forces at the opening battles of the Mexican–American War: the Battle of Palo Alto and the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, which were disastrous losses for Mexico and resulted in Arista being court martialled though eventually acquitted…
Painting by Carl Nebel
A Mexican soldier at Palo Alto
Mexican infantry under US artillery fire
Battle of Palo Alto site