Toban sano ka dib, dagaalkii ka dhaxeeyay Mexico iyo Maraykanka (1846-1848), ciidamada badda ayaa weerar caan ah ku qaaday qasriga Chapultepec, kaasoo ka korreeyey magaalada Mexico, weerarkii ugu horeeyay ee ay qaadaan. Maadaama ay socodka Mexico ay noqon doonto mid dheer oo laga yaabo inaysan macquul aheyn, ciidan isku dhafan (oo ka kooban 200 oo ciidanka badda ah) oo uu hoggaaminayo Major General Winfield Scott ayaa soo degay
Koonfurta Veracruz 9-kii Maarso 1847 waxayna qabsadeen magaalada 29-kii Maarso. Halkaas, waxay ku dagaalameen ilaa Mexico City waxayna bilaabeen weerarkooda 13kii Sebtember. Ciidamada Maraakiibta ayaa loo xilsaaray in ay nadiifiyaan qalcadda Chapultepec, "Hoolalka Montezuma", halkaas oo ay ka jareen midabo Mexico waxayna ku soo rogeen calanka Mareykanka. Heerka dhimashada sarreeya ee saraakiisha iyo saraakiisha hoosaadka waxaa lagu xusay "dhowrka dhiigga" ee dharka dharka, iyo sidoo kale khadka "From the Halls of Montezuma" ee Ciidanka Badda. Ciidamada badda ayaa markii dambe loo xilsaaray inay ilaaliyaan qasriga waxaana loo magacaabay Kabtan Jacob Zeilin, oo ah Taliye mustaqbalka, oo loo magacaabay taliye milatari. Ciidamada badda ayaa sidoo kale qayb ka ahaa go'doominta ciidamada badda ee Mexico oo si guul leh uga hortagay in hubka iyo rasaasta dibedda ay gaaraan ciidamada Mexico, iyo qeyb ka mid ah Guutada California ee Major Archibald H. Gillespie; dagaallada waxaa ka mid ahaa dagaallada Monterey, Los Angeles, Dominguez Rancho, San Pasqual, Rio San Gabriel, La Mesa, iyo 2aad Tabasco. Dagaallada kale waxaa ka mid ahaa 1aad, 2aad, & 3aad Tuxpan, qabsashada La Paz, difaaca La Paz, Mulege, iyo qabsashada iyo difaaca San José del Cabo.