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...
Turkey Creek Fight
A four-man scouting party is surprised by Comanches at Turkey Creek, a tributary of the Nueces River, three miles south of...
Battle of the Nueces
Confederate troops attack a group of 60 German Unionists traveling to Mexico on the West Nueces River, about fifteen miles...
U.S. Troops and Lipan Apaches Fight on Live Oak Creek in Kinney County
U.S. soldiers led by Lt. Neil J. McCafferty fight Lipan Apaches on Live Oak Creek in Kinney County. One Indian is killed.
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...
Indians Kill Settler on the Upper Brazos River
Unidentified Indians kill Nathan Holt just outside his home near the Brazos River, twelve miles west of Granbury.
Indians Kill Hood County Settler
Unidentified Indians kill Pleasant H. “Pleas” Boyd in the northwest corner of newly-formed Hood County, near present-day...
Battle of Lookout Point
Ten settlers track Indians (either Comanche or Kiowa) suspected of stealing horses in Hood County. They encounter and kill...
Anderson County Settler Killed
Anderson County settler William Frost is killed near the Trinity River, sixteen miles southwest of present-day Palestine.
Two Mexican-Texans Killed by Comanches
Two Mexicans are killed by Comanches near José Antonio Navarro’s ranch on the east bank of the Guadalupe River, near present...
Mexicans Kill San Antonio River Settlers
William H. Patton and another man are killed by a party of Mexicans while bathing in the San Antonio River near Patton’s...
Comanches Killed near San Antonio
A party of Americans engage in a skirmish with Comanche Indians, fifty miles below San Antonio. One American and five...
Red River Homestead Attacked
Indians attack the Ripley settlement on Ripley Creek, ten miles northwest of present-day Mount Pleasant. Rachel Ripley and...
Sulphur River Raid
Volunteers led by Charles Black and Charles S. Stewart (pictured) attack Indians near the Sulphur River in retaliation for...
Nacogdoches Militia Encounters Cherokees
Three Texans from Capt. David Gage’s Nacogdoches County Minutemen encounter seven Cherokees near the Sabine River, in former...
African American Man Sentenced to Death by Vigilantes in Danville
An African American man named Allen is sentenced to death for insurrectionary activity thirty miles east of present-day...
Lewis Expedition Attacks Comanches
Texas rangers under the command of Capt. Mark Lewis encounter a band of Comanches between the San Saba and Llano rivers....
Nueces River Skirmish
Texas rangers under the command of Capt. Mark Lewis encounter two parties of Comanches between the San Saba and the Llano...
German Settler Shot on Beaver Creek
Unidentified Indians shoot Mr. Winkle of the Beaver Creek settlement (later known as the German community of Hilda), 2 miles...