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The siege of Los Angeles, was a military response by armed Mexican civilians to the
August 1846 occupation of the Pueblo de Los Ángeles by the United States Marines during the Mexican–American War.




Background


Following the Battle of Monterey, the Americans held northern California but General José María Castro and Governor Pío Pico planned resistance in the south around the Los Angeles area.[a]: 172  Commodore Robert F. Stockton arrived at Monterey Bay aboard the Congress on July 15 and took over command from John D. Sloat.[a]: 170  Stockton accepted the Bear Flag revolutionaries, under the command of Major John C. Frémont, as the California Battalion.[a]: 173  Stockton then garrisoned Sonoma, San Juan Bautista, Santa Clara, and Sutter's Fort.[a]: 173  Stockton's plan for dealing with Castro was to have Commander Samuel Francis Du Pont carry Fremont's men in the Cyane to San Diego to block any movement southwards, while Stockton would land a force at San Pedro which would move overland against Castro.[a]: 174  Fremont arrived at San Diego on July 29 and reached San Pedro on August 6 aboard the Congress.[a]: 174 




Occupation


Upon holding a council of war, Castro decided to leave California, heading to Sonora with Pico and a few supporters on August 11, while the rest of his force retired to Rancho San Pascual.[a]: 176 
On August 13, 1846, Stockton led his column into town, followed by Fremont's force a half-hour later.[a]: 176  On August 14, the remnants of the Californio army surrendered.[a]: 176 




Resistance


Stockton established a garrison of forty-eight men under Captain Archibald H. Gillespie and departed in September[a]: 177, 183  His men, however, were undisciplined in an area with pro-Mexican feelings.[a]: 183 




Siege


On September 23, twenty men under the command of Cerbulo Varela exchanged shots with the Americans at Government House, which ignited Los Angeles.[a]: 184  On September 24, 150 Californios, organized under José María Flores, a Mexican Officer who remained in California, at Castro's old camp at La Mesa.[a]: 184  Gillespie's forces were effectively besieged, while Gillespie sent Juan "Flaco" Brown to Commodore Stockton for help.[a]: 184 
Gillespie's men retreated to Fort Hill on September 28, but without water, they surrendered the next day.[a]: 184  Terms called for Gillespie's men to leave Los Angeles, which they did on September 30, 1846, and boarded the American merchant vessel Vandalia.[a]: 184 
Flores quickly cleared the remaining American forces in southern California.[a]: 184 




See also


Pueblo de Los Ángeles
List of conflicts in the United States
Battles of the Mexican–American War
Captain John Strother Griffin (1816–1898), physician during the battle




References






Further reading


California History. Archived from the original on December 5, 2003. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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