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Battle of Columbus: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Columbus Raid • Burning of Columbus
Date March 8, 1916 - March 9, 1916
Location New Mexico • United States
Participants United States • Pancho Villa
Context Mexican Revolution

Photos

Pancho Villa rides a horse at the front of a group of armed followers and horse-drawn wagons during a raid in a dusty, rural landscape, 1916.
John J. Pershing
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Key People

Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa
Mexican revolutionary

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