Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... known to be gathering men and supplies . He established and fortified a camp on the Mexican side of the 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 ...
... known to be gathering men and supplies . He established and fortified a camp on the Mexican side of the 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 ...
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... known as Faustino , who was known to have killed several Amer- icans . He was shot on the spot . Meanwhile , an order from Heintzelman arrived directing Stoneman and Ford to return to the United States immediately . At this point the ...
... known as Faustino , who was known to have killed several Amer- icans . He was shot on the spot . Meanwhile , an order from Heintzelman arrived directing Stoneman and Ford to return to the United States immediately . At this point the ...
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... known nothing in their lives but violence and warfare— discharged soldiers from both the Republican and Imperialist forces . In 1871 , shortly after the reelection of President Juárez , General Porfirio Díaz , one of the young and ...
... known nothing in their lives but violence and warfare— discharged soldiers from both the Republican and Imperialist forces . In 1871 , shortly after the reelection of President Juárez , General Porfirio Díaz , one of the young and ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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