Battle of Acajete

The Battle of Acajete was fought at Acajete, Veracruz on 3 May 1839 between insurgents under the joint command of José de Urrea and José Antonio Mexía and 1,600 Centrists under the command of General Gabriel Valencia. The insurgents lost, Mexia was captured and executed, and Urrea fled to Tampico.

Battle of Acajete
Date 3 May 1839 Location Acajete, Veracruz Result Centralist victory
Belligerents
Centralists	Insurgents
Commanders and leaders
Gabriel Valencia	José de Urrea José Antonio Mexía (POW)
Strength
1,600	Unknown

Sources

• Jaques, Tony, ed. (2007), Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century (3 volumes ed.), Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 5, ISBN 978-0-313-33536-5, LCCN 2006015366, OCLC 68786744, OL 10420610M