Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... river , about thirty miles above Brownsville , at a sharp bend in the river known as La Bolsa . Here he could watch the road on the United States side , and watch the river for the steamboat Ranchero , which was due on its downward ...
... river , about thirty miles above Brownsville , at a sharp bend in the river known as La Bolsa . Here he could watch the road on the United States side , and watch the river for the steamboat Ranchero , which was due on its downward ...
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... river , “ you will cause this to be done by the force under your command . " 34 On March 15 , 1860 , Lee at last was able to get away from his headquarters . Escorted by a company of his own regiment , the 2d Cavalry , he marched first ...
... river , “ you will cause this to be done by the force under your command . " 34 On March 15 , 1860 , Lee at last was able to get away from his headquarters . Escorted by a company of his own regiment , the 2d Cavalry , he marched first ...
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... river . Cortina abandoned his state capital and about the first of September , 1864 , arrived at Matamoras with some fifteen hundred men and several pieces of artillery . The troops he had were too few in number to offer any hope of de ...
... river . Cortina abandoned his state capital and about the first of September , 1864 , arrived at Matamoras with some fifteen hundred men and several pieces of artillery . The troops he had were too few in number to offer any hope of de ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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