Following their defeats at Contreras and San Antonio, the Mexicans fell back to the village of Churubusco.
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U.S. Captain James Milton Smith mounted the convent wall and raised the white flag of surrender.
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Parts of the battle were portrayed in the mini-series North and South, as well as the film One Man's Hero (1999).
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