Colonel Truman Cross is captured four miles from Fort Brown (present-day Brownsville) and killed by Mexican guerrillas led by Ramon Falcon. Cross is believed to be the first casualty of the U.S.-Mexico War.
Date: April 10, 1846
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), White (includes Anglo-American, European) Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 25.923779000000
Longitude: -97.542459000000
Longitude: -97.542459000000
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, April 29, 1846
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, May 6, 1846
Event Type:
Date: April 18, 1846
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), White (includes Anglo-American, European) Lieutenant Theodore Porter and four men are killed by Mexican guerrillas two miles from Fort Brown.
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 25.900010000000
Longitude: -97.524362000000
Longitude: -97.524362000000
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, April 29, 1846
Event Type:
Date: April 25, 1846
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), White (includes Anglo-American, European) Mexican troops attack a squadron of U.S. dragoons commanded by Captain Seth Thornton twenty miles upriver from Taylor’s camp. Sixteen U.S. troops are killed or wounded. Upon learning of the incident, U.S. president James K. Polk will ask Congress for a declaration of war against Mexico.
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 26.022648000000
Longitude: -97.663038000000
Longitude: -97.663038000000
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, May 6, 1846
Event Type:
Date: April 28, 1846
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), White (includes Anglo-American, European) A Texas mounted ranger company commanded by Capt. Samuel Walker is attacked near Port Isabel by Mexican troops. Six rangers are killed.
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 26.072517000000
Longitude: -97.424679000000
Longitude: -97.424679000000
Citation:
Handbook of Texas Online, Charles D. Spurlin, "WALKER, SAMUEL HAMILTON," accessed August 15, 2018,http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwa23.
Event Type:
Date: May 1, 1846
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Gender: male, female
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), White (includes Anglo-American, European) A team of mule-drivers carrying supplies for Zachary Taylor’s army from Corpus Christi to Port Isabel is attacked by Mexican guerrillas on the Arroyo Colorado, west of Rio Hondo, in present-day Harlingen. Eleven men, three women and four children are killed. One man, William Long Rogers, survives.
Gender: male, female
Location:
Latitude: 26.185736000000
Longitude: -97.647847000000
Longitude: -97.647847000000
Citation:
http://www.stxmaps.com/go/texas-historical-marker-rogers-massacre.html (Accessed July 17, 2018)
Event Type:
Date: May 3 - May 10, 1846
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), White (includes Anglo-American, European) For seven days, Mexican troops under General Pedro Ampudia bombard Fort Brown (the site of present-day Brownsville). Major Jacob Brown is one of two U.S fatalities; thirteen U.S. troops are wounded during the week-long siege.
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 25.898555000000
Longitude: -97.491627000000
Longitude: -97.491627000000
Citation:
Handbook of Texas Online, Elizabeth Pettit Davenport, "FORT BROWN," accessed August 01, 2018, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qbf07.
Event Type:
Date: May 8, 1846
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), White (includes Anglo-American, European) The first major engagement of the U.S.-Mexico War, the Battle of Palo Alto is fought five miles north of present-day Brownsville. The U.S. victory is widely attributed to the effectiveness of U.S. artillery. More than 200 Mexican troops are killed or wounded; the U.S.
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 25.940131000000
Longitude: -97.485137000000
Longitude: -97.485137000000
Citation:
Handbook of Texas Online, Joseph P. Sanchez, "PALO ALTO, BATTLE OF," accessed August 06, 2018,http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qep01.
Event Type:
Date: May 9, 1846
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), White (includes Anglo-American, European) Fought within the city limits of present-day Brownsville, the Battle of Resaca de la Palma takes place along a dry river bed (Resaca) three miles from the Rio Grande. Gen. Zachary Taylor’s forces sustain approximately 100 casualties.
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 25.937360000000
Longitude: -97.486151000000
Longitude: -97.486151000000
Citation:
Handbook of Texas Online, Art Leatherwood, "RESACA DE LA PALMA, BATTLE OF," accessed August 06, 2018,http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qer02.
Event Type:
Date: Mid-May 1846
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) After stealing horses from a ranger company, a party of eleven Wichita (Tawakoni) Indians is pursued and overtaken at the Medina River. Three are killed.
Tribe: Tawakonis
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.364401000000
Longitude: -98.895773000000
Longitude: -98.895773000000
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, May 27, 1846
Event Type:
Date: Late December, 1946
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Three men and a twelve-year-old boy are killed by Comanches on the Medina River north of Castroville.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.366696000000
Longitude: -98.896647000000
Longitude: -98.896647000000
Citation:
A.J. Sowell, Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas (Austin: Ben C. Jones, 1900), 98-99.
Event Type:
Date: Early February 1847
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Shawnees, Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) A surveying party of five whites and two Shawnee Indians is attacked by Indians, probably Comanches, along the Blanco River. Four Comanches and three surveyors are killed. Captain Bartlett Sims escapes.
Tribe: Shawnees, Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 30.097149000000
Longitude: -98.539433000000
Longitude: -98.539433000000
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, March 1, 1847
Texas Democrat, February 20, 1847
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas, (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 286.
Event Type:
Date: April-May 1847
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Several Mexicans and “one or two” Americans are reported killed by Comanches south of Corpus Christi.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 27.679678000000
Longitude: -97.749107000000
Longitude: -97.749107000000
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, May 31, 1847
Event Type:
Date: April 6, 1847
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Having recently captured Chihuahua, Col. Alexander Doniphan sends Maj. Campbell and thirty-two dragoons with dispatches for the War Department. Crossing Texas, Campbell is attacked by Comanches near the headwaters of the Nueces River. During a three-hour battle, one U.S.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 29.940471000000
Longitude: -100.007892000000
Longitude: -100.007892000000
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, May 24, 1847
Event Type:
Date: May 9, 1847
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) After stealing horses in Sherman, three Indians are pursued by residents to the Red River. Two Indians are killed; the third is wounded but escapes.
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 33.773402000000
Longitude: -96.449431000000
Longitude: -96.449431000000
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, June 14, 1847
Event Type:
Date: Early July, 1847
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Wichita Indians (Wacos) kill four Germans surveying on the San Saba River. Comanches are initially blamed for the attack.
Tribe: Wacos
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 31.022733000000
Longitude: -99.157957000000
Longitude: -99.157957000000
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, July 26, 1847
Event Type:
Date: July 24, 1847
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Lipans
Gender: unspecified
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic (Mexican/Tejano), Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) A ranger company led by Col. Jack Hays encounters a party of Lipan Apaches on the Nueces River. Six Indians are killed. Two Mexican youths, a fourteen-year-old girl and a ten-year-old boy, are rescued.
Tribe: Lipans
Gender: unspecified
Location:
Latitude: 28.712291000000
Longitude: -99.806322000000
Longitude: -99.806322000000
Citation:
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register, August 23, 1847
Event Type:
Date: December 18, 1847
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) Robert S. Gilbert and Littleton Rattan are killed by Indians near Laredo.
Tribe: Unknown Tribe
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 27.579288000000
Longitude: -99.515368000000
Longitude: -99.515368000000
Citation:
Clifford Caldwell and Ron DeLord, Texas Lawmen, 1825-1899 (Charleston: History Press, 2011),
Event Type:
Date: 1848
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Comanches, Tonkawas
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American Three Comanches steal horses from the farm of General Edward Burleson. They are pursued and killed by Burleson, his son, and Tonkawa chief Placido.
Tribe: Comanches, Tonkawas
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.860816000000
Longitude: -97.934284000000
Longitude: -97.934284000000
Citation:
J. W. Wilbarger, Indian Depredations in Texas, (Austin: Steck Co., 1935), 58-9.
Event Type:
Date: January, 1848
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) U.S. troops under the command of Capt. James S. Gillett seek to recover horses stolen by a party of Comanches on the Leona River, three miles southeast of present-day Uvalde. Seven Indians and three soldiers are killed.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male
Location:
Latitude: 29.158045000000
Longitude: -99.755324000000
Longitude: -99.755324000000
Citation:
House Executive Documents, 30 Cong., No. 1, 574-75.
Event Type:
Date: January, 1848
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male, female
Time Period: Texas Statehood 1846-
Description:
Race or Ethnicity: Native American, White (includes Anglo-American, European) 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 U.S. troops earlier that month.
Tribe: Comanches
Gender: male, female
Location:
Latitude: 29.396443000000
Longitude: -98.548745000000
Longitude: -98.548745000000
Citation:
House Executive Documents, 30 Cong., No. 1, 577.
Event Type: