Includes stories, articles, essays, a timeline, and a moderated discussion area for visitors. United States - Mexican War A site rich in war history, by the descendants of Mexican veterans. Read battle plans and orders, look through letters, and see images of war and veterans. United States - Mexican War: Zachary Taylor's encampment at Corpus, map of Mexico, 1847 Universal History Archives Getty Images The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed, ended the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States United. The war. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, born in Corralejo, near Guanajuato, Mexico, has died. Chihuahua was a Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary leader called the father of Mexican independence. Hidalgo was the second child of Crist bal Hidalgo and his wife. He studied at a Jesuit high school and received the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War, was signed in February. The treaty confirmed U.S. title to Texas and ceded the territories of Alta California and New Mexico to the United States. Mexico was allowed to keep everything south of the Rio Grande, Armando Vargas de la Maza said in his text “Mexican Heroines of the War of Independence,” published in this newspaper. Tributes and RecognitionsCommonly confused with Cinco de Mayo in the United States, this holiday celebrates the moment when Father Hidalgo called for Mexican independence from Spain.