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Rangers Kill Comanches Near Laredo
Lt. Andy Walker and eighteen rangers attack a band of fifteen Comanches at the Arroyo del Gato near Laredo. The rangers...
Burleson’s Fight
En route to Fort McIntosh, Lt. Ed Burleson (son of Gen. Edward Burleson) orders his rangers to attack three Comanche Indians...
Comanches Attacked by Mounted Volunteers
Eighteen mounted volunteers attack a Comanche camp on the headwaters of the Leona River. They kill seven out of the eleven...
Rangers Attack Indian Camp
Cpt. Owen Shaw and other rangers attack an Indian camp on San Roque Creek. The rangers kill nine Indians and wound eleven...
Two Kidnapped Near Fort Belknap
Comanches raid a house near Fort Belknap, carrying off a woman and a twelve-year-old girl. U.S. soldiers pursue the raiders...
Battle of Plum Creek
Following the Comanche raids on the towns of Victoria and Linnville, a Texas volunteer force is organized, engaging the...
Anglos Pursue Comanche Raiding Party near San Antonio
Capt. George Howard and fifteen men pursue a Comanche raiding party in response to the killing of two San Antonio residents...
Howard Expedition Burns Comanche Village
Maj. George Howard leads an expedition of 180 men to the upper Colorado River. His men burn a Comanche village at the...
Moore Expedition Attacks Comanche Village
A force of approximately one hundred rangers and Lipan Apache scouts under the command of Col. John H. Moore attacks a...
Morehouse Expedition
Edwin Morehouse leads a search and destroy campaign against the Comanches. His force of 250 Anglos, Tonkawas, and Lipan...
Dolson Fight
Following a rash of horse thefts in Austin, Capt. George M. Dolson and seventeen members of the Travis County Guards pursue...
Llano River Skirmish
In an effort to recover a large number of horses stolen in Gonzales, Capt. Ben McCulloch and 16 men pursue a Comanche...
Uvalde Canyon Skirmish
A ranger company led by Jack Hays tracks a small party of Comanches to a camp near Uvalde Canyon, surrounding them in a...
Battle of the Guadalupe
A company of rangers led by Jack Hays encounters a large party of Comanches led by Yellow Wolf near the Guadalupe River,...
Walker’s Creek fight
A company of fifteen rangers led by Capt. Jack Hays engages a large party of Comanches in a running battle along the...
Three Comanches Killed in San Marcos
Three Comanches steal horses from the farm of General Edward Burleson. They are pursued and killed by Burleson, his son, and...
U.S. Troops Skirmish with Comanches
U.S. troops under the command of Capt. James S. Gillett seek to recover horses stolen by a party of Comanches on the Leona...
San Antonio Residents Killed
Two residents of San Antonio, a man and a woman, are killed by Comanches in response to the death of members of the tribe by...
Comanches Kill Anglo Captives
In response to the deaths of thirty-five members of the tribe at the Council House Fight in San Antonio on March 19, the...
U.S. Soldiers Attack Comanches at Clear Creek
Twenty-three soldiers led by Lt. Fitzhugh Lee, encounter Comanches herding stolen livestock up the Pecan Bayou. The soldiers...