Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... Colonel Carroll A. Bagby , U.S.A. , Ret . , who related to me his memories of the Punitive Expedition , and loaned me his personal diary ; Colonel Harrison C. Browne , U.S.A. , Ret . , who recorded for me a great deal of information ...
... Colonel Carroll A. Bagby , U.S.A. , Ret . , who related to me his memories of the Punitive Expedition , and loaned me his personal diary ; Colonel Harrison C. Browne , U.S.A. , Ret . , who recorded for me a great deal of information ...
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... Colonel Edwin T. Wheatley , U.S.A. , Ret . , who gave me an account of his experiences as a soldier of the Kansas National Guard in 1916 ; Colonel Otis Wood , U.S.A. , Ret . , who gave me detailed information about his border service as ...
... Colonel Edwin T. Wheatley , U.S.A. , Ret . , who gave me an account of his experiences as a soldier of the Kansas National Guard in 1916 ; Colonel Otis Wood , U.S.A. , Ret . , who gave me detailed information about his border service as ...
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... colonel's signal to stop . [ Jones was a Mormon guide who spoke English with a Spanish accent . ] In a moment a black steer from the untended herd near the water was careening at the end of the Mormon's rope . The clink - clink of a ...
... colonel's signal to stop . [ Jones was a Mormon guide who spoke English with a Spanish accent . ] In a moment a black steer from the untended herd near the water was careening at the end of the Mormon's rope . The clink - clink of a ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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