Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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Page 72
... prisoners before them , the band stopped at another wayside store , where they killed an American but lost one of their own number in the brief gun play . Then they looted the store and set fire to it . The alarm was given in Corpus ...
... prisoners before them , the band stopped at another wayside store , where they killed an American but lost one of their own number in the brief gun play . Then they looted the store and set fire to it . The alarm was given in Corpus ...
Page 164
... prisoners were released , and prisoners with genuine criminal charges against them were transferred to more humane confinement in the jail . After the brief ceremonies of formally taking over the com- mand of the city and the American ...
... prisoners were released , and prisoners with genuine criminal charges against them were transferred to more humane confinement in the jail . After the brief ceremonies of formally taking over the com- mand of the city and the American ...
Page 170
... prisoners were held . Top row , left : Antonio Sanchez , a Mexican resident of Columbus , taken with arms in hand during the fight . He was acquitted at the subsequent trial , but was killed on the street in Deming within a few minutes ...
... prisoners were held . Top row , left : Antonio Sanchez , a Mexican resident of Columbus , taken with arms in hand during the fight . He was acquitted at the subsequent trial , but was killed on the street in Deming within a few minutes ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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