New Mexico Campaign

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United States military operation military campaign

The New Mexico Campaign was a U.S. military operation during the Mexican–American War aimed at seizing control of the New Mexico Territory from Mexican authority.

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Label	Occurrences
New Mexico Campaign canonical	8
U.S. invasion of New Mexico in 1846	1
U.S. invasion of northern Mexico	1
U.S. occupation of New Mexico	1
U.S. occupation of New Mexico Territory	1
United States conquest of New Mexico	1
conquest of New Mexico	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T450618 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Mexico Campaign
Context triple: [Mexican–American War, U.S.MilitaryTheater, New Mexico Campaign]

A. Battle of Palo Alto
The Battle of Palo Alto was the opening major engagement of the Mexican–American War, fought on May 8, 1846, near present-day Brownsville, Texas, where U.S. forces under General Zachary Taylor used superior artillery to repel a larger Mexican army.
B. Battle of Buena Vista
The Battle of Buena Vista was a pivotal 1847 engagement in northern Mexico during the Mexican–American War, where U.S. forces under General Zachary Taylor repelled a much larger Mexican army led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
C. Siege of Veracruz
The Siege of Veracruz was a pivotal 1847 U.S. amphibious assault and bombardment of the Mexican port city of Veracruz that opened the road to Mexico City during the Mexican–American War.
D. Battle of Monterrey
The Battle of Monterrey was a key 1846 engagement in the Mexican–American War in which U.S. forces captured the strategically important city of Monterrey after intense urban combat and negotiations for surrender.
E. Battle of the Border
The Battle of the Border was the opening series of engagements between German and Polish forces at the start of the 1939 invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Mexico Campaign
Target entity description: The New Mexico Campaign was a U.S. military operation during the Mexican–American War aimed at seizing control of the New Mexico Territory from Mexican authority.

A. Battle of Palo Alto
The Battle of Palo Alto was the opening major engagement of the Mexican–American War, fought on May 8, 1846, near present-day Brownsville, Texas, where U.S. forces under General Zachary Taylor used superior artillery to repel a larger Mexican army.
B. Battle of Buena Vista
The Battle of Buena Vista was a pivotal 1847 engagement in northern Mexico during the Mexican–American War, where U.S. forces under General Zachary Taylor repelled a much larger Mexican army led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
C. Siege of Veracruz
The Siege of Veracruz was a pivotal 1847 U.S. amphibious assault and bombardment of the Mexican port city of Veracruz that opened the road to Mexico City during the Mexican–American War.
D. Battle of Monterrey
The Battle of Monterrey was a key 1846 engagement in the Mexican–American War in which U.S. forces captured the strategically important city of Monterrey after intense urban combat and negotiations for surrender.
E. Battle of the Border
The Battle of the Border was the opening series of engagements between German and Polish forces at the start of the 1939 invasion of Poland, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States military operation ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Mexico ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
conflict	Mexican–American War ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dateOfEvent	August 1846 ⓘ
followedBy	California Campaign ⓘ operations in Chihuahua ⓘ
hasCommander	Manuel Armijo ⓘ Stephen W. Kearny ⓘ
hasParticipant	New Mexican militia ⓘ U.S. volunteer forces from Missouri ⓘ linked to: United States Volunteers
involves	Army of the West ⓘ
legalConsequence	contributed to U.S. claims in Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ⓘ
location	New Mexico Territory ⓘ present-day Arizona ⓘ present-day New Mexico ⓘ
notableEvent	bloodless capture of Santa Fe ⓘ
objective	secure control of Santa Fe ⓘ seizure of New Mexico Territory from Mexican authority ⓘ
opposingCountry	Mexico ⓘ
partOf	Mexican–American War ⓘ U.S. strategy to invade northern Mexico ⓘ
precededBy	U.S. declaration of war on Mexico ⓘ
result	U.S. occupation of New Mexico Territory ⓘ linked to: New Mexico Campaign United States victory ⓘ
startTime	1846 ⓘ

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