GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.700327000000
Longitude: -101.369439000000
Longitude: -101.369439000000
County:
- Val Verde
Date:
August 18, 1856
Time Period:
Description:
Capt. James Oakes, thirty cavalrymen, and nineteen infantry attack three separate bands of Indians around the junction of the Pecos and the Rio Grande Rivers. They kill four Indians and wound four others.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Tribe:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008), 138.
Galveston Weekly News, Vol. 13, No. 29, October 7, 1856.
James Oakes Original Title: James Oakes
Image Viewed: https://www.fold3.com/page/641167986-james-oakes/stories
Image Accessed: December 3, 2019
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 29.700327000000
Longitude: -101.369439000000
Longitude: -101.369439000000
County:
- Val Verde
Date:
August 18, 1856
Event Description:
Capt. James Oakes, thirty cavalrymen, and nineteen infantry attack three separate bands of Indians around the junction of the Pecos and the Rio Grande Rivers. They kill four Indians and wound four others.
Event Type:
Tribe:
- Unknown Tribe
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Gregory Michno and Susan Michno, Forgotten Fights: Little-Known Raids and Skirmishes on the Frontier, 1823 to 1890 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008), 138.
Galveston Weekly News, Vol. 13, No. 29, October 7, 1856.
James Oakes Original Title: James Oakes
Image Viewed: https://www.fold3.com/page/641167986-james-oakes/stories
Image Accessed: December 3, 2019