GeoCoords:
Latitude: 28.947055560000
Longitude: -99.180833330000
Longitude: -99.180833330000
County:
- Frio
Date:
September 21, 1842
Time Period:
Description:
After briefly seizing San Antonio, Mexican troops under the command of General Adrian Woll withdraw, marching south toward the Rio Grande. They are pursued by Texas volunteers, who briefly attack Woll’s rearguard. Five Mexicans are killed; four Texans are wounded.
Event Type:
Race or Ethnicity:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Joseph Milton Nance, Attack and Counter-Attack: The Texas-Mexican Frontier, 1842 (Austin: University of Texas at Austin, 1964), 394.
Mexican Dragoon Officer Original Title: Officier de Dragons
Image Type: Lithograph with applied color on paper
Creator: Claudio Linati, 1828
Collection: Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Image Viewed: http://imuacm.cartermuseum.org/#details=ecatalogue.148221
Image Accessed: December 2, 2020
Image Citation:
Linati, Claudio, Costumes civils, militaires et réligieux du Mexique. (Brussels, Belgium: Jobard & Sattanino, 1828)
GeoCoords:
Latitude: 28.947055560000
Longitude: -99.180833330000
Longitude: -99.180833330000
County:
- Frio
Date:
September 21, 1842
Event Description:
After briefly seizing San Antonio, Mexican troops under the command of General Adrian Woll withdraw, marching south toward the Rio Grande. They are pursued by Texas volunteers, who briefly attack Woll’s rearguard. Five Mexicans are killed; four Texans are wounded.
Event Type:
Age:
adult (18+)
Citation:
Joseph Milton Nance, Attack and Counter-Attack: The Texas-Mexican Frontier, 1842 (Austin: University of Texas at Austin, 1964), 394.
Mexican Dragoon Officer Original Title: Officier de Dragons
Image Type: Lithograph with applied color on paper
Creator: Claudio Linati, 1828
Collection: Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Image Viewed: http://imuacm.cartermuseum.org/#details=ecatalogue.148221
Image Accessed: December 2, 2020
Image Citation:
Linati, Claudio, Costumes civils, militaires et réligieux du Mexique. (Brussels, Belgium: Jobard & Sattanino, 1828)