Blockade of Veracruz

{{Infobox military conflict

|conflict=Blockade of Veracruz

|image=Battleveracruzlanding.jpg

|image_size=300px

|caption=American forces landing at Veracruz in 1847.

|partof=the Mexican–American War

|date=1846–1848

|place=Veracruz, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico

|result=United States victory

|combatant1={{flag|United States|1848}}

|combatant2={{flagicon|Mexico|1823}} Mexico

|commander1=23px David Conner
23px Matthew C. Perry

|commander2={{flagicon|Mexico|1823}} Juan Esteban Morales

}}

{{Mexico City Campaign}}

{{Campaignbox Mexican–American War}}

The Blockade of Veracruz was a conflict during the Mexican–American War. The blockade of Veracruz was extremely important in the Mexican-American War in stopping the trade of contraband.{{rp|107}}

Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft instructed Commodore David Conner's Home Squadron to "exercise all the rights that belong to you as commander-in-chief of a belligerent squadron."Bauer, K.J., 1974, The Mexican War, 1846-1848, New York:Macmillan, {{ISBN|0803261071}}{{rp|108}} On 14 May 1846, Conner proclaimed Veracruz, Alvarado, Tampico and Matamoros under blockade.{{rp|109}} Conner sent the sloop-of-war St. Mary's to Tampico, the paddle frigate Mississippi to Veracruz, and the sloop-of-war Falmouth to Alvarado.{{rp|109}}