THE AMERICAN FORCES WERE DRIVEN UPON A BUTTE IN THE DESERT, ON WHICH THERE WAS NO WATER AND WERE SURROUNDED BY THE MEXICAN FORCES. EDWARD F. BEALE AND KIT CARSON VOLUNTEERED TO GET THROUGH THE MEXICAN LINES AND GET REINFORCEMENTS AND THEY SAVED THE AMERIC ...

THIS MEMORIAL HONORS THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BRIG. GEN. STEPHEN W. KEARNY GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE BATTLE OF SAN PASQUAL BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND MEXICANS DECEMBER 6-10, 1846.

THE BATTLE OF SAN PASQUAL IS ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS DURING THE MEXICAN WAR OF 1846-1848.