The Battle of Río San Gabriel and the Conquest of California
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2022
- A concrete river channel east of Los Angeles was the site of the last major battle of the Mexican-American War in California, the Battle of Río San Gabriel. This is a short video about the battle and its context in the Conquest of California and the Mexican-American War.
The Battle of Río San Gabriel was fought in an afternoon, but it was also part of a longer process that played out over many years, beginning with early Anglo attempts to sieze California from Mexico and continuing after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, which officially ceded California to the United States. Of course, the battle site now looks nothing like it did in 1847. The Río San Gabriel doesn’t even flow down this channel anymore; it’s now occupied by the Río Hondo, a completely different river! The concrete channel was built by the Army Corps of Engineers in the mid-20th century, after a devastating series of floods in the Los Angeles area.
Here is the location of the battle marker, if you want to check it out yourself (although as you probably tell from the video, there’s not much to see there):
goo.gl/maps/MDxUY4KAkYfnA1pKA
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Camera: Verónica Logan
Music: “The Colonel,” by Zachariah Hickman
Archival photos from Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons, Library of Congress, University of Texas Arlington Library, University of California Berkeley Library, University of Southern California Libraries, and California Historical Society.
Mexican-American War map by Wikimedia user Kaidor (CC BY-SA 3.0)
good vid!!
Thanks for this
Living out here my whole life I've just now decided to look into the history of this area and your video popped up. You deserve way more subs and views, thanks for all the detailed descriptions. Never knew about any of this!
Thank you so much! I'm glad to know that my video helped you understand your home. 😄
I’m on the site right now as I’m watching this 👍
Excellent. Cheers! 🍵
Great video 👍 also question do you know what flags would’ve been flying during the battle?
That's a good question! The US regulars would have been flying a 28-star flag (adopted after the admission of Texas in 1846 but before Iowa in 1847). There probably were some regimental flags flying as well. Mexico's flag at the time was similar to the modern flag, but the design of the eagle with a snake in its mouth was a little different then
I would love to own a map of all Ca. battle fields. True to form, battles always seem to have a high ground and a low ground. Armageddon, (mount Megedo) is also configured in a similar manner.
I would love to have that map too! The military history of California is sadly often overlooked, especially its role in the Mexican-American War.
Love this documentary. Where can I find those cannons by the river?
Oh thanks! You can find the monument to the battle at 969 S Bluff Rd, Montebello. Where Washington Blvd crosses the Rio Hondo (former channel of the Rio San Gabriel). Happy hunting!